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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

John of Parrano

Monk of Parrano

Monk of Parrano, venerated in the Western Church.

Feast
March 19old style April 1
Era
6th century
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint John of Parrano, a venerable father, was abbot at Parrano, near Spoleto in Umbria, in the 6th century. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church and remembered on 19 March in the Western calendar.

The Roman Martyrology calls him father of many servants of God, which shows that he founded or led a numerous monastic community. Our sources do not agree on the name and place of his monastery, which is called Parrano, Penna or Panaria, and we have no other details of his life.

Commemorated the same day March 19