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Dominic of Sora
Italian preacher (0951-1031)
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Feast: 22 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
951
Died
1031
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Sora in Lazio, Saint Dominic, abbot, who founded monasteries in various regions of Italy and brought others back to regular discipline with his reforming spirit.
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 22 January as an abbot who founded and reformed monasteries across Italy.
Connected on this site
- Amico di Avellana Saint“He spent his last years at Fonte Avellana, then recently founded by St Dominic of Sora, and died there about 1045, said to be 120 years old.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 22 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1238073 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.