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Martin of Monte Massico
hermit on Monte Massico
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 3 August (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
On Monte Massico in Campania, Saint Martin, who led a solitary life and remained for many years shut up in a very narrow cave.
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 3 August as a hermit who lived many years shut up in a very narrow cave on Monte Massico.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R270ead92 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.