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Abramios the Recluse
Christian hermit
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 11 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
290
Died
360
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Abramios the Recluse (290–360) was an early Christian hermit and ascetic from Edessa.
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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
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Saint Abramios, ermite en Syrie (IVe siècle); Santi e Beati id 75570 — Abraham the Recluse of Edessa/Chidana (c.290-360), the hermit whose story St Ephrem recorded and who is in the Roman Martyrology ('In Syria, St Abraham, hermit, whose deeds St Ephrem the deacon committed to writing', 16
- Wikidata Q4669398 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Abramios the Recluse (CC BY-SA)
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