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Severus of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch
Feast: 8 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Severus of Antioch also known as Severus of Gaza and nicknamed the Crown of Syrians, was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 512 until his death in 538. He is venerated as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and his feast day is celebrated on 29 September by the Syriac Orthodox Church and 8 February by the Coptic Orthodox Church
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Peter the Iberian Saint Teacher“After his baptism at the Church of Saint Leontius, Severus became a monk and entered the monastery of Peter the Iberian near Maiuma, which was a center of non-Chalcedonianism.” — Wikipedia
- Antiochus of Palestine Saint“The introductory chapter of the Pandects tells of the martyrdom referred to; its last chapter contains a list of heretics from Simon Magus to the Monophysite followers of Severus of Antioch.” — Wikipedia
- Flavian II of Antioch Saint“In 512, when Patriarch Flavian II of Antioch was deposed by Anastasius, Severus was elected as the Patriarch of Antioch after a synod was conducted in Laodicea, Syria.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q729105 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Severus of Antioch (CC BY-SA)
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