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Falco di Palena
Italian monk
BlessedFull write-up
Feast: 9 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
1100
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Palena in Calabria, Blessed Falco, hermit.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 August as a hermit of Palena.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3738578 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.