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Fronto of Nitria
Egyptian Christian saint
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Feast: 14 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In the hermitage of Nitria in Egypt, Saint Fronto, abbot, who withdrew to the hermit life with about seventy companions.
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 April as an abbot of Nitria who withdrew to the hermit life with about seventy companions.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q121417574 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.