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John Theristus

Italian Benedictine monk

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Feast: 23 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
995
Died
1054
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

John Theristus, OSB (Italian: Giovanni Theristis, "John the Harvester"; Sicilian: Santu Juanni (Teristi); 1049–1129 AD) was an Italian Byzantine Benedictine monk. Despite dying almost a century after the Great Schism of 1054, he is notably a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. The details of his life have been handed down by legends and popular beliefs.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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