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Phocas of Sinope

saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 5 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
300
Died
303
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Phocas, sometimes called Phocas the Gardener (Greek: Φωκᾶς), is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three men with the same name: a Phocas of Antioch, a Phocas the Gardener and Phocas, Bishop of Sinope.

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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 Q943937 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Saint Phocas (CC BY-SA)

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