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Elia Speleota
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 11 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
863
Died
960
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Aulinas in Calabria, Saint Elias, called the Speleot, a distinguished practitioner of the hermit and monastic 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 11 September as a distinguished hermit and monk in Calabria.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3722913 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.