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Pinytus

Bishop of Cnossus

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 10 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
100
Died
200
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Pinytus (Greek: Άγιος Πινυτός), a Greek by birth, was Bishop of Knossos in Crete in the late 2nd century.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

  • Dionysius of Corinth Saint
    “Pinytus was in constant contact with Dionysius of Corinth and it seemed the two had disagreements.” — Wikipedia
Sources
  • Wikidata Q937426 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Pinytus (CC BY-SA)

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