St. Lidanus

Feastday: July 2
Birth: 1026
Death: 1118

Benedictine abbot credited with draining the Pontine Marshes, Italy, and for founding Sezze Abbey in the Papal States. He died at Monte Cassino and is patron of Sezze.

Lidanus was a Benedictine abbot credited with draining the Pontine Marshes, Italy, and for founding Sezze Abbey in the Papal States. He died at Monte Cassino, in 1118 of natural causes.

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Lidanus Lidanus Birth: 1026 Death: 1118
Birth: 1026 Death: 1118