Ansurius
Galician bishop
Feast: 26 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Ansurius (died 925, also known as Aduri, Asurius, Isauri) was a Galician bishop. He became bishop of Orense in 915. In 922, he gave up his post to become a monk at the monastery he helped found, Ribas de Sil. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church, being commemorated with a feast day on 26 January.
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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.
- Diocese of Ourense — 'Santos' (Santos que vivieron en Ourense) — The diocese of Ourense lists "San Ansurio — Obispo de Ourense desde antes del 915 hasta el 922; constructor de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil" among the saints it honours.
- Wikidata Q615628 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ansurius (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.