Background
He was born at Beja in the Portuguese region of Alentejo in 1070.
He was born at Beja in the Portuguese region of Alentejo in 1070.
He became Abbot of Vallombrosa (in Tuscany) in 1105, and in 1135 was made Bishop of Pistoia, also in Tuscany. He wrote lives of Saint John Gualbert and Saint Bernard of Vallombrosa, bishop of Parma. In 1145 he transferred to Pistoia certain relics of the Apostle Saint James of Compostella.
His correspondence on that occasion is found in Ferdinando Ughelli, Italia sacra, VII, 296.