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Calogerus
eremite monk venerated by the Orthodox and the Catholic churches
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 18 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
466
Died
561
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
On Mount Gemmariaro near Sciacca in western Sicily, Saint Calogerus, 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 18 June as a hermit near Sciacca in Sicily.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1172641 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Calogerus the Anchorite (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.