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Euthymius of Sardis

Bishop of Sardis

SaintByzantine EmpirePre-congregation

Feast: 26 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
754
Died
831
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Euthymius of Sardis or Euthymius the Confessor (Greek: Εὐθύμιος Σάρδεων; 751 or 754 – 26 December 831) was metropolitan bishop of Sardis between ca. 785 and ca. 804, and a leading iconophile during the period of Byzantine Iconoclasm. Martyred in 831, he is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, celebrated on 26 December and March 8.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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