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Peter Spanò
hermit at Ciano in Calabria
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Feast: 5 June (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
At Ciano near Mileto in Calabria, Saint Peter Spanò, hermit, renowned for poverty and for a spirit of compunction.
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 5 June as a hermit at Ciano near Mileto, renowned for poverty and a spirit of compunction.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R84d24d77 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.