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Pietro Acotanto
Italian monk
BlessedResearchedRepublic of Venice
Feast: 8 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1150
Died
1187
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Venice, Blessed Pietro Acotanto, monk, who out of humility refused the office of abbot and preferred to live as a recluse in a cloister.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 September as a Venetian monk who refused to be abbot and lived as a recluse.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3903621 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.