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Anathalon

Bishop of Milan

SaintAncient RomePre-congregation

Feast: 25 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
101
Died
300
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Anathalon (Latin: Anatalius, Anatolius, Italian: Anatalone, Anatalo, Anatolio, Byzantine Greek: Ανατόλιος) was the first recorded Bishop of Milan and lived at the end 2nd-century or early 3rd-century. A later tradition made him the also the first bishop of Brescia. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, which celebrate his feast day on 24 September. In Milan, however, this is commemorated on 25 September.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q487361 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Anathalon (CC BY-SA)

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