Benedetto Sinigardi was a 13th-century Franciscan friar from Arezzo, Italy, who is traditionally credited with composing the Angelus prayer. Born into a wealthy and noble family in 1190, he joined the Franciscan order in 1211 following a sermon by Francis of Assisi. He served in various leadership roles, including as Provincial of the Marches and later as a missionary leader in the Holy Land for sixteen years. He spent his final years in Arezzo, where he died in 1282.