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Lidanus

Benedictine abbot

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Feast: 2 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1026

Died

1118

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Lidanus was a Benedictine abbot credited with draining the Pontine Marshes, Italy, and for founding Sezze Abbey in the Papal States. He died at Monte Cassino, in 1118 of natural causes.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

Wikidata Q3832033 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Lidanus (CC BY-SA)

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