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Arsenio da Armo
Italian presbyter
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Feast: 15 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
810
Died
904
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Armo near Reggio Calabria, Saint Arsenio, hermit, who shone for prayer and for austerity of life.
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 15 January as a hermit at Armo who shone for prayer and austerity of life.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3413830 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.