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Lidanus
Benedictine abbot
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 2 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1026
Died
1118
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Sezze in Lazio, Saint Lidanus, abbot and founder of the monastery there, who sought to reclaim the monks' land from the unhealthy marsh around it.
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 2 July as the abbot and founder of the monastery at Sezze who worked to reclaim its land from the marsh.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 2 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3832033 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lidanus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.