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2 unusual facts about Filarete of Calabria


Filarete of Calabria

Saint Filarete of Calabria (also the gardener) (c. 10201070) he was born in Palermo in 1020, into a family of Calabrian origin deported to Sicily by the Saracens, and subsequently released.

Back in Calabria in 1040, Filarete lived in Reggio Calabria and then moved to the monastery of St. Elias stood on Mount Aulinas at Palmi.



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