Venerable
Urban
A monk of the Astorga region in Spain, reposed around 940.
- Feast
- April 6old style April 19
- Reposed
- 94010th century
- Place
- Astorga
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Urban was abbot of the monastery of Peñalba near Astorga in Spain, who died around 940. No other reliable information about his life survives. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 6 April (new style; 19 April in the old style).
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