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Ansurius

Galician bishop

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Feast: 26 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
925
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Ansurius (died 925, also known as Aduri, Asurius, Isauri) was a Galician bishop. He became bishop of Orense in 915. In 922, he gave up his post to become a monk at the monastery he helped found, Ribas de Sil. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church, being commemorated with a feast day on 26 January.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q615628 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Ansurius (CC BY-SA)

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