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Kaléb
king of Aksum from 514 to 542
SaintKingdom of AksumDocumented cause
Feast: 27 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
450
Died
540
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
October 27
unverified
Who they were
Kaleb (Ge'ez: ካሌብ, Latin: Caleb), also known as Elesbaan (Ge'ez: እለ አጽብሐ, Koine Greek: Ἐλεσβαᾶς), Ella Asbeha, or Hellestheaios, was King of Aksum, which was situated in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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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 Q705378 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Kaleb of Axum (CC BY-SA)
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