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Tychon of Amathus
christian bishop
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 16 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
403
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Limassol on the island of Cyprus, Saint Tychon, bishop, in the time of the emperor Theodosius the Younger.
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 16 June as a bishop at Limassol in Cyprus in the time of Theodosius the Younger.
Connected on this site
- John the Merciful Saint“Tychon's vita was written by John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, who was born in Amathus.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3991188 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tychon of Amathus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.