Fantinus

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Saint Fantinus
Roman Catholic Church,
Eastern Orthodox Church
FeastAugust 30

Fantinus (Italian: Fantino) (c. 927–1000) was an Italian saint. He is sometimes called Fantinus of Calabria[1] or Fantinus the Younger (Fantino il Giovane) to distinguish him from Fantinus the Wonderworker (or the Elder), an earlier Calabrian saint.[2][3]

Born in Calabria in a locality described as being the "closest to

manuscripts.[4] He also experienced a vision of heaven and hell.[4]

Fantinus lived both as a hermit and as a monk and abbot. He subsequently convinced his aged parents, as well as his two brothers, Luke and Cosmas, and sister Caterina, to enter the monastic life. When he became a hermit, he left his brother Lucas in charge of the monastery for men he had founded. Though a hermit, he often returned from the wild in order to serve as a guide and spiritual teacher to disciples, such as Nilus the Younger and Nicodemus of Mammola.[2]

Greece

The monastery he founded was destroyed by Muslim raiders during Fantinus' lifetime.

Thessalonica, and then lived outside of the city walls of that city. In Thessalonica itself, he cured the sick and caused a corrupt judge to repent of his sins.[2] He was also given credit for preventing a Bulgarian capture of the city.[4]

Fantinus died in Greece.[1]

The eleventh-century Greek life of Fantinus has been edited and translated into Italian by Enrica Follieri.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Saint of the Day, August 30: Fantinus of Calabria SaintPatrickDC.org. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e f San Fantino il Giovane Retrieved 2012-03-18. (in Italian)
  3. ^ San Fantino il Vecchio (o il Taumaturgo) Retrieved 2012-03-18. (in Italian)
  4. ^ a b c d e Orthodox Europe :: Italy
  5. ISBN 2873650052
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