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Agathon

Egyptian monk

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Feast: 2 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
350
Died
435
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Abba Agathon was an Egyptian Christian monk and saint who lived around the 4th century in Scetis, Lower Egypt, and was known for his meekness and discernment. He was a disciple of Abba Lot and Abba Poemen and a contemporary of notable Desert Fathers Amun, Macarius, Joseph and Peter. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church on 2 March. Agathon was one of the Desert Fathers.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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