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Silas
companion of Paul and Barnabas
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 13 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Commemoration of Saint Silas, who, appointed by the Apostles to the Churches of the Gentiles together with Saints Paul and Barnabas, filled with the grace of God, carried out his ministry without rest.
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 13 July as the man appointed by the Apostles to the Churches of the Gentiles alongside Saints Paul and Barnabas, who carried out his ministry without rest.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Reabb2b9d — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.