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Filarete of Calabria
Italian saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 6 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1020
Died
1070
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Saint Elias on Mount Aulina near Palmi in Calabria, Saint Philaretus, monk, who was much given to prayer.
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 6 April as a monk of Saint Elias near Palmi, much given to prayer.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11921986 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Filarete of Calabria (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.