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Philip of Gortyna
Bishop of Gortyna
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 11 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
180
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Commemoration of Saint Philip, bishop of Gortyna on the island of Crete, who, in the time of the emperors Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, vigorously defended the Church entrusted to him both from the hatred of the pagans and from the snares of heresies.
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 11 April as a bishop of Gortyna who defended his Church against pagans and heresies.
Connected on this site
- Dionysius of Corinth Saint“He was mentioned with great praise by Dionysius of Corinth in one of his letters to the Christian Community in Gortyna.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3295117 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Philip of Gortyna (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.