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Achillius of Larissa
bishop and saint
Feast: 15 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Achillius of Larissa, also known as Saint Achilles, Saint Ailus, Saintc Ahillas, or Saint Achilius (Greek: Άγιος Αχίλλειος, Ágios Achílleios) (died 330 AD), was a 4th century bishop of Larissa and one of the 318 persons present at the First Council of Nicaea. His feast day is on 15 May.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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.
- Santi e Beati — Sant'Achilleo il Taumaturgo, vescovo di Larissa — "Sant'Achilleo (Achilio) il Taumaturgo | Vescovo di Larissa | Cappadocia III sec. – Larissa, Grecia, IV secolo | festa 15 maggio" — a father of Nicaea.
- Wikidata Q386801 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Achillius of Larissa (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.