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Bessarion of Egypt
Egyptian monk
SaintResearchedByzantine EgyptPre-congregation
Feast: 6 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
301
Died
500
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Scetis in Egypt, Saint Bessarion, anchorite, who was a beggar and pilgrim for the love of God.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 6 June as an anchorite of Scetis who was a beggar and pilgrim for the love of God.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q830080 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bessarion of Egypt (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.