Canonized Pre-Congregation Name Lidanus Lidanus | Feast 2 July | |
Similar People Benedict of Nursia, Scholastica, Jan Zychon, Paul the Deacon, Pope Victor III | ||
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church | ||
Lidanus was a Benedictine abbot credited with draining the Pontine Marshes, Italy, and for founding Sezze Abbey in the Papal States. He died at Monte Cassino, in 1118 of natural causes.
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