brief illness, on 7 May 1236. His remains were buried at Oxford. Veneration His cultus was confirmed by Pope Leo XIII in 1882, and his feast day is kept on 7 May in Italy. The English Franciscan provinces celebrate his memory on 10 September. In honor of his great influence in the establishment of the university. Eccleston wrote that his incorrupt body was preserved with great veneration at Oxford up to the dissolution of the religious houses in the time of Henry VIII, when the friary and church were destroyed. In 2014, the Conventual Franciscans setup up a friary again in Oxford, formally calling it the Blessed Agnellus of Pisa Friary. References External links Patron Saints: Agnellus of Pisa 1195 births 1236 deaths Franciscan beatified people Italian Friars Minor 13th-century venerated Christians Italian beatified people Clergy from Pisa Ministers Provincial of England