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Simeon of Mantua
Armenian Catholic saint
SaintResearchedBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 26 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1000
Died
1016
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of San Benedetto Po near Mantua, Saint Simeon, monk and hermit.
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 26 July as a monk and hermit in the monastery of San Benedetto Po near Mantua.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 26 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q604282 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Simeon of Mantua (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.