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Kyrillos I
bishop of Antioch
SaintResearchedSyriaPre-congregation
Feast: 22 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
306
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Antioch in Syria, Saint Cyril, bishop, who under the emperor Diocletian suffered prison and exile.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 22 July as a bishop of Antioch who suffered prison and exile under Diocletian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 22 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1795174 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.