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Guarinus of Palestrina
Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and saint
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Feast: 6 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1084
Died
1158
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Palestrina in Lazio, Saint Guarinus, bishop, outstanding for his austerity of life and love for the poor.
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 6 February as a bishop of Palestrina outstanding for austerity and love of the poor.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q93518 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Guarinus of Palestrina (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.