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Antoninus of Sorrento
Italian abbot, hermit and saint
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Feast: 14 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
501
Died
625
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Sorrento in Campania, Saint Antoninus, abbot, who withdrew into solitude after his monastery was destroyed by the Lombards.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 14 February as an abbot who withdrew into solitude after the Lombards destroyed his monastery.
Connected on this site
- Catellus of Castellammare Saint“He was a close friend of Saint Antoninus of Sorrento.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q363002 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antoninus of Sorrento (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.