Conrad of Offida

When barely fourteen years old he entered the Order of Friars Minor at Ascoli, and was making rapid progress in the study of sacred sciences, when an internal voice called him to humbler offices of the religious life.

Conrad proved himself an excellent preacher in various convents, among them Rivotorto, Sirolo, Forano, and La Verna.

When this congregation was suppressed by Boniface VIII, Conrad immediately returned under the authority of the superiors of the order.

The letter written in 1295 by Peter of John Olivi to Conrad in which the legitimacy of Boniface VIII's election is defended, has been edited by Ignatius Jeiler (Historisches Jahrbuch, III, 649).

During a course of missions he was giving at Bastia in Umbria, he died on 12 December 1306 at the age of about sixty-five years and was buried in that place.