Saint Andrew Stratelates
Syrian saint
Feast: 19 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Andrew Stratelates, also known as Andrew the Tribune (Greek: Ἀνδρέας ὁ Στρατηλάτης, tr. Andréas o Stratelátes) or Andrew the Commander is a 3rd-century Roman soldier who is commemorated with his 2,593 soldiers as martyrs by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church on 19 August.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q4065858 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Andrew Stratelates (CC BY-SA)
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