Blessed Monaldus Iustinopolitanus

Monaldo of Capodistria, Latinized as Monaldus Iustinopolitanus (Capodistria or Piran, c. 1208 – Capodistria, c. 1280), was an Italian Franciscan theologian and canonist. Having died in the odor of sanctity, he is venerated as blessed by the Franciscans, although he has not been officially proclaimed as such by the Catholic Church. Author of the Summa Monaldina, he was a recognized expert in civil and canon law, perhaps having graduated in Bologna or Padua before entering religious life. He was a Friar Minor from the early days of the Franciscan Order and served in the monastery of San Francesco in Capodistria and in Trieste. Some believe he was the head of the Dalmatian province of Saint Jerome of the Conventual Franciscans.