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Eliphius

Christian martyr

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 16 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
400
Died
362
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Eliphius or Eloff (Élophe, Éliphe, Alophe) is venerated as a martyr and saint. Tradition holds that he was the child of a king of Scotia, and preached in Toul, where he converted 400 people to Christianity. He was accompanied by his siblings: St. Eucharius, and three sisters, Menna, Libaria, and Susanna. Tradition also makes him a bishop of Toul.

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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 Q932936 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Eliphius (CC BY-SA)

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