Philoxenus of Mabbug
Assyrian writer and theologian (died 523)
Feast: 10 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Philoxenus of Mabbug (Syriac: ܐܟܣܢܝܐ ܡܒܘܓܝܐ, Aksenāyâ Mabûḡāyâ; died 523), also known as Philoxenus of Hierapolis, Xenaias, and Akhsenaya, was one of the most notable Syriac prose writers during the Byzantine period and a vehement champion of Miaphysitism.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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