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John of Parrano
abbot of Parrano
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 19 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Near Spoleto in Umbria, Saint John, abbot of Parrano, who was father of many servants of God.
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 19 March as abbot of Parrano near Spoleto and father of many servants of God.
Sources
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