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Bononio
Benedictine abbot and saint
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
1026
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Lucedio in Piedmont, Saint Bononio, abbot, who led the life of a hermit first in Egypt and then on Mount Sinai.
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 30 August as an abbot who had lived as a hermit in Egypt and on Mount Sinai.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4942557 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bononio (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.