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Venerable

Senatro

A monastic saint remembered in Western calendars; few details survive.

Feast
January 11old style January 24
Era
10th century
Place
Missanello

Life

Senatro, also called Senator, was a Basilian monk, who died in the tenth century at Missanello. He was born in the first half of the tenth century at Demenna in Sicily, the son of the nobles John and Tedibia. He was the brother of Saint Luke of Demenna.

He first lived at Mercurion, in Rossano, then, until his death, at the monastery of Saint Elias at Missanello. We have no information about the rest of his life or his holiness. On 11 August 1151 Pope Eugene III issued a bull recognising the cult of this saint. His day is 11 January.

Commemorated the same day January 11