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Filarete of Calabria

Italian saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 6 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1020
Died
1070
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Filarete of Calabria (also the gardener) (c. 1020 – 1070) he was born in Palermo in 1020, into a family of Calabrian origin deported to Sicily by the Saracens, and subsequently released. Back in Calabria in 1040, Filarete lived in Reggio Calabria and then moved to the monastery of St. Elias stood on Mount Aulinas at Palmi. Later also lived in Sinopoli and then return to Monte Aulinas under the guidance of Orestes, where he spent the last 25 years of his life.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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