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Athanasius the Athonite
Byzantine monk
SaintByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 5 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
920
Died
1000
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Athanasius the Athonite (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ἀθωνίτης; c. 920 – c. 1003), was a Byzantine monk who is considered the founder of the monastic community on the peninsula of Mount Athos, which has since evolved into the greatest centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q361947 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Athanasius the Athonite (CC BY-SA)
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