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Thaïs
Egyptian hermit, saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 8 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
400
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
St. Thaïs, of fourth-century Roman Alexandria and of the Egyptian desert, was a repentant courtesan.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q286238 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thaïs (saint) (CC BY-SA)
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