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George of Choziba
7th-century Greek Cypriot monk
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 8 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
625
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint George of Choziba, also called George the Chozibite or Chozebite (died c. 625), was a Greek Cypriot monk and leader of the monastery of Choziba in the vicinity of Jerusalem. Today, the monastery is named after George.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q3103676 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — George of Choziba (CC BY-SA)
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