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Silvester of Troina
Italian saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 2 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1110
Died
1185
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Troina in Sicily, Saint Silvester of Troina, abbot, who followed the discipline of the holy Fathers of the East.
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 2 January as an abbot at Troina who followed the discipline of the Eastern Fathers.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 2 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7516923 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Silvester of Troina (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.