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Procopio il Decapolita
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 27 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
800
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Constantinople, Saints Basil and Procopius the Decapolite, monks, who, in the time of the Emperor Leo III the Isaurian, fought strenuously in defence of the veneration of sacred images.
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 27 February as a monk of Constantinople who defended the veneration of sacred images under Leo III.
Connected on this site
- Leo III Saint“At Constantinople, Saints Basil and Procopius the Decapolite, monks, who, in the time of the Emperor Leo III the Isaurian, fought strenuously in defence of the veneration of sacred images.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3922450 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.