Calogeros the Anchorite ( grc-gre, Καλόγερος ὁ Αναχωρητής, Kalogeros ho Anakhorētēs, Kalogeros o Anakhoritis, la, Calogerus or ''Calocerus'', scn, Calòjiru and ''Caloriu'', it, Calogero, also known as ''Calogerus the Hermit'' and ''Calogerus of Sicily'',

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c. 466 – 18 June, 561, Monte Kronio) was a hermetical monk, venerated as a saint by the

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and

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churches, and the patron of many places in Sicily.

Veneration

Calogerus is commemorated by the

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on June 18, together with the

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Gregorius and the

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Demetrius. The three saints are noted as opponents of Arianism who fled from

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to Sicily to escape persecution. They were active in the area of Fragalata, near Messina. Calogerus is commemorated on the same day in the

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. Calogerus is also held to have worked as a missionary on

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in the Aeolian Islands, before retiring to live as a hermit on Monte Kronio, which is now sometimes called in scn, Monte San Caluòru ( it, Monte San Calogero) in his honor, as is another mountain near Palermo. Saint Calogerus is venerated at

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more than Saint Gerland, who is the patron of Agrigento. Other centres in which Saint Calogero is particularly venerated are Porto Empedocle, Naro, Sciacca, Frazzanó, San Salvatore di Fitalia, Cesaró,

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and Campofranco. In iconography, he is usually identifiable as a bearded hermit with olive complexion wearing eastern (Syriac) hooded vestments.

References

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