Anathalon
Bishop of Milan
Feast: 25 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Anathalon (Latin: Anatalius, Anatolius, Italian: Anatalone, Anatalo, Anatolio, Byzantine Greek: Ανατόλιος) was the first recorded Bishop of Milan and lived at the end 2nd-century or early 3rd-century. A later tradition made him the also the first bishop of Brescia. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, which celebrate his feast day on 24 September. In Milan, however, this is commemorated on 25 September.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- santiebeati.it - Sant'Anatalo (Anatalone) di Milano, vescovo — Third-century bishop of Milan, disciple of St Barnabas; feast 24 September (our record gives 25 September). The Roman Martyrology (1916 English edition) has the same entry at 24 September.
- Wikidata Q487361 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anathalon (CC BY-SA)
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