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Platon of Ancyra
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Born
—
unknown
Died
306
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Ankara in Galatia, in present-day Turkey, Saint Platon, martyr.
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 22 July as a martyr of Ankara.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 22 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6078249 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.