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Philogonius of Antioch

patriarch of Antioch from 318 to 322

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Feast: 20 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
324
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Philogonius (or Filogonius, Philogonus, Philogonios, Greek: Φιλογόνιος; died 322) was a lawyer and an early Bishop of Antioch who came to be considered a saint. He opposed Arianism when that heresy emerged in Alexandria, Egypt. His feast day is 20 December.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q3029872 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Philogonius (CC BY-SA)

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