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Ananias of Damascus
one of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 25 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
60
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Commemoration of Saint Ananias, disciple of the Lord, who baptised Paul at Damascus after his conversion.
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 25 January as the disciple who baptised Paul at Damascus.
Connected on this site
- Paul the Apostle Saint“Ananias of Damascus ( AN-ə-NY-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἀνανίας, romanized: Ananíās; Aramaic: ܚܢܢܝܐ, romanized: Ḥananyō; "favoured of the LORD") was a disciple of Jesus in Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus (who…” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q382898 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ananias of Damascus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.