{{short description|Italian Roman Catholic saint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox saint | honorific_prefix = Saint |name= Bononius |birth_date=late 10th century |death_date=30 August 1026 |feast_day= 30 August |venerated_in= Eastern Orthodox Church<br>Roman Catholic Church |image= |imagesize= 250px |caption= |birth_place= |death_place= |titles=Abbot of Lucedio |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date=1026 |canonized_place= |canonized_by=Pope John XIX |attributes=Monastic habit, insignia of an abbot |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= }} '''Saint Bononio''' or '''Bononius''' (died 30 August 1026) was a Benedictine abbot, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, being commemorated with a feast day on 30 August.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome |url=http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=www.orthodoxengland.org.uk}}</ref>
== Biography == Bononio was born in Bologna sometime in the latter part of the tenth century. He became a monk at an early age, and while on a pilgrimage to the East, settled in Egypt to live as a hermit during the reign of Fatamid Caliph Al-Aziz Billah. Noted for both his asceticism and charitable works, Bononio acquired some influence at court, and was permitted to build a few churches. When Peter, bishop of Vercelli, was captured by Arab forces after the Battle of Stilo, Bononio assisted in the bishop's release, and then retired to live as a hermit in the Sinai Peninsula.<ref name="Pomi">[http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://santiebeati.it/Detailed/92417.html&langpair=it%7Cen&hl=it&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools Pomi, Damiano. "San Bononio", Santi e Beati]</ref>
In gratitude for Bononio's assistance, when Peter returned to Italy, he named him abbot of the monastery of Lucedio. At Lucedio, Bononio restored discipline amongst the monks and provided for the surrounding population. He died in Lucedio on 30 August 1026.
Bononio was canonised by Pope John XIX. The saint's feast is celebrated on that day in the Piedmont liturgical calendar.<ref name="Pomi" /> The village of San Bononio is part of the municipality of Curino. It celebrates its patron's feast with a three-day festival of concerts, art exhibitions, and lanterns on the canal.<ref>[https://lasesia.vercelli.it/provincia/2021/08/31/news/tre-giorni-di-festa-per-la-patronale-di-san-bononio-106907/ "Tre giorni di festa per la Patronale di San Bononio", ''La Sesia'', 31 August 2021]</ref>
The story that Bononio was a disciple of Saint Romuald is based on a much later spurious ''vita'' fabricated by a Camaldolese abbot.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-bononio_(Dizionario-Biografico)/&prev=search Tabacco, Giovanni. "Bobonio, Saint", ''Treccari'' vol. 12, 1971]</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1822 St. Bononius]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bononio}} Category:Italian Roman Catholic saints Category:1026 deaths Category:Italian hermits Category:Egyptian hermits Category:Clergy from Bologna Category:Italian Benedictines Category:11th-century Italian clergy Category:11th-century Christian saints Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Lucedio Abbey