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Elisæus of Albania
Albanian saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 20 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1
Died
1
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Elisæus, Ełišay, Yeghishe, Elishe or Ełišē (Armenian: Եղիշե) was the first patriarch of the Church of Caucasian Albania by local tradition.
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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 Q4174987 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Elisæus of Albania (CC BY-SA)
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