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Barbatianus
priest and saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 31 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
500
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Barbatianus, sometimes anglicized Barbatian, was a Syrian hermit, monk and healer who served as the confessor of the Empress Galla Placidia, who lived in Ravenna between 417 and 450.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q4078013 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Barbatianus (CC BY-SA)
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