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Daniel the Stylite
5th-century Christian saint
SaintByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 11 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
409
Died
490
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Daniel the Stylite (Greek: Δανιὴλ ὁ στυλίτης, c. 409 – 493) is a saint and stylite of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. He is commemorated on 11 December according to the liturgical calendars of these churches.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Gennadius of Constantinople Saint“He held a great council of eighty-one bishops against simony, and ordained St Daniel the Stylite priest.” — this site's research
Sources
- Wikidata Q768229 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Daniel the Stylite (CC BY-SA)
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