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Ottone Frangipane
Italian hermit, saint
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 23 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1040
Died
1127
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Ariano Irpino in Campania, Saint Otto, hermit.
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 23 March as a hermit at Ariano Irpino.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3887342 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ottone Frangipane (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.