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Abraham of Cyrrhus
Hermit and bishop
SaintByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 14 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
423
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Abraham (Cyrrhus, Syria, c. 350–Constantinople, 422) (also known as Abraames, Abraham of Charres and Abraham the Apostle of Lebanon was a Syrian hermit and bishop of Harran.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Maron Saint“One of his disciples, Abraham of Cyrrhus, emerged as a missionary, successfully disseminating the Maronite variant of Christianity in Lebanon, which took root in the region and persisted ever since.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Wikidata Q765250 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Abraham of Cyrrhus (CC BY-SA)
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