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Theophylact of Nicomedia
Byzantine bishop and saint
SaintByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 2 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
765
Died
845
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Theophylact or Theophylaktos (d. 845 AD) became bishop of Nicomedia in Asia Minor during the Iconoclastic Controversy of the eighth century.
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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 Q961838 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Theophylact of Nicomedia (CC BY-SA)
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