Answer the following question: Facts:   - imagesize: 250px    - venerated in: roman catholic church    - feast day: 22 may    - death date: 22 may 1153      - titles: bishop of pistoia    - birth date: 1070    - name: saint atto    - birth place: beja , portugal   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of atto of pistoia .
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atto of pistoia -lrb- 1070 -- 22 may 1153 -rrb- was a portuguese-born 12th-century prelate and historiographer in italy .he was born at beja in the portuguese region of alentejo in 1070 .he became abbot of vallombrosa -lrb- in tuscany -rrb- in 1105 , and in 1135 was made bishop of pistoia , also in tuscany .he wrote lives of st. john gualbert and st. bernard of vallombrosa , bishop of parma .in 1145 he transferred to pistoia certain relics of the apostle st. james of compostella .his correspondence on that occasion is found in ferdinando ughelli , `` italia sacra '' , vii , 296 .