Diodorus of Tarsus

Who they were

Diodorus, of noble family, probably of Antioch, studied at Athens and became a monk and head of a monastery near Antioch, where St John Chrysostom was his disciple. With Flavian he held out against the Arian bishops and taught the people to sing the Psalms in alternating choirs, a practice that spread through the Church.

Made priest in 361, he wrote against the pagans; the Emperor Julian mocked him for turning Athenian learning against the gods. He died about 392.

The miracles

The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe how he came to be honoured as a saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

A monk and teacher who stood firm for the faith against Arianism and paganism.

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• Meletius of Antioch Saint Teacher
• Theodore of Mopsuestia Saint Pupil