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Polyeuctus
Roman Armenian martyr and saint (died 259)
SaintAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
259
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Polyeuctus (also Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos, Greek: Πολύευκτος) of Melitene (died 10 January 259) is a Christian saint from the Roman era.
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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 Q942861 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Polyeuctus (CC BY-SA)
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