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Teodora de Rossano
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 28 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
910
Died
980
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Rossano in Calabria, Saint Theodora, abbess, disciple of Saint Nilus the Younger and teacher of monastic life.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 28 November as an abbess, disciple of Saint Nilus the Younger and teacher of monastic life.
Connected on this site
- Nilus the Younger Saint“Near Rossano in Calabria, Saint Theodora, abbess, disciple of Saint Nilus the Younger and teacher of monastic life.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q24933885 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.