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Abo of Tiflis
Christian martyr
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Feast: 8 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
756
Died
786
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Abo of Tiflis (Arabic: أبو التفليسي, romanized: Abu al-Tiflisi; Georgian: აბო თბილელი, romanized: abo tbileli; c. 756 – 6 January 786) was a Christian martyr of Arab origin, who went on to practice his faith in what is now Tbilisi, the capital of present-day Georgia.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi e Beati — Sant'Abo di Tiflis — "Sant' Abo di Tiflis, Martire, † 6 gennaio 786, festa 6 gennaio" — honoured in the West as well as by the Georgian Orthodox.
- Wikidata Q322614 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Abo of Tiflis (CC BY-SA)
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