Facts: - imagesize: 250px - venerated in: roman catholic church - feast day: august 30 - death date: august 30 , 1026 - attributes: depicted as an abbot - name: saint bononio Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bononio .
saint bononio -lrb- or bononius -rrb- -lrb- died august 30 , 1026 -rrb- was a benedictine abbot and saint of the catholic church .a native of bologna , he was a disciple of saint romuald .romuald sent him to preach in egypt and syria .bononio settled in cairo .here he assisted the local population build a few christian churches .when peter , bishop of vercelli , was captured by arab forces after the battle of stilo , bononio assisted in the bishop 's release .bononio returned to italy after spending some time in the sinai as a hermit , and was named by peter abbot of the monastery of lucedio .at lucedio , he restored discipline amongst the monks and provided for the surrounding population .