ELIA d'ENNA, saint. - A Greek-Sicilian monk of adventurous life, born at Enna (Castrogiovanni) ca. 825, died on 17 Aug. 903. Taken captive by the Saracens, he was brought to Africa, whence he succeeded in escaping and set out on pilgrimages through the Holy Land, where he received the monastic habit, through Greece, Egypt, Africa, and Sicily, finally settling at Taormina.
When the city was about to fall, E. moved to Calabria, where he founded a monastery at Saline near Reggio. He made a pilgrimage to Rome, went to Amalfi 2, and, after many other adventures, withdrew to a cave on Mount Aulina, near Palmi. Emperor Leone VI il Filosofo wished him to come to Constantinople. On the return journey, E. died at Thessalonica. His body was transferred to Aulina, which took its name from him, and thence later passed to Galatro.