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St. William of Penacorada

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Feastday: March 20
Death: 1042

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Benedictine founder. A monk in the monastery of Sathgun, in Leon, Spain, he fled with companions from the house in 988 when the monastery was under danger of Saracen attack. They settled at Penacorada and established the monastery of Santa Maria de los Valles, which was Iater named San Guillermo de Penacorda.

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