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Fantino il Vecchio
Italian saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 24 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
294
Died
336
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Tauriana in Calabria, Saint Fantinus the Elder, called the Wonderworker.
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 24 July as Fantinus the Elder of Tauriana, called the Wonderworker.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3739417 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.