Genadio of Astorga

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Genadio of Astorga
DioceseDiocese of Astorga
Installed899
Term ended920
Orders
OrdinationBenedictine
Personal details
Born
Genadio de Astorga

c. 865
El Bierzo, province of León
Diedc. 936 (71 aged)
Peñalba de Santiago, Ponferrada
OccupationMonk, hermit and bishop
Sainthood
Feast day25 May

Genadio of Astorga, San Genadio or popularly San Juanacio (c. 865, possibly El Bierzo, León, - 936, Peñalba de Santiago) was a Spanish Benedictine monk, hermit and bishop of Astorga between 899 and 920. He also founded several monasteries in El Bierzo. He made the Caves of San Genadio to retired there with another priests in periods of penance.[1]

References

  1. ^ Madoz, Pascual (1850). Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar. Vol. VII. p. 269.

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