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Shio of Mgvime

Georgian saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 22 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
550
Died
unknown
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Shio of Mgvime (Georgian: შიო მღვიმელი, romanized: shio mghvimeli; lit.'Shio of the Cave'), sometimes known as Simeon of Mgvime, was a 6th century anchorite, desert father, thaumaturgus and one of the thirteen Assyrian apostles of the Georgian kingdom of Iberia. He is venerated as a saint who introduced the notion of a strict ascetic life to the Georgian Church.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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