Theophilus of Adana
Byzantine saint
Feast: 4 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Theophilus the Penitent, also known as Theophilus of Cilicia or Theophilus of Adana (Greek: Θεόφιλος Άδανας, died c. 538) was a cleric in the sixth century Church who is said to have made a deal with the Devil to gain an ecclesiastical position. His story is significant as it is one of the oldest popular stories of a pact with the Devil and was an inspiration for the Faust legend. Eutychianus of Adana, who claimed to be an eyewitness of the events, is the first to record Theophilus's story.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q3526702 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Theophilus of Adana (CC BY-SA)
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