Fantinus [SEP] place of death
monk and abbot. He subsequently convinced his aged parents, as well as his two brothers, Luke and Cosmas, and sister Caterina, to enter the monastic life. When he became a hermit, he left his brother Lucas in charge of the monastery for men he had founded. Though a hermit, he often returned from the wild in order to serve as a guide and spiritual teacher to disciples, such as Nilus the Younger and Nicodemus of Mammola.
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The monastery he founded was destroyed by Muslim raiders
Fantinus
Fantinus () (c. 927–1000) was an Italian saint. He is sometimes called Fantinus of Calabria or Fantinus the Younger ("Fantino il Giovane") to distinguish him from Fantinus the Wonderworker (or "the Elder"), an earlier Calabrian saint.
Born in Calabria in a locality described as being the "closest to Sicily", Fantinus was introduced as a child to Saint Elias the Cave-Dweller. Fantinus' parents were named George and Vriena. Fantinus' spiritual education was entrusted to Elias