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Aristarchus of Thessalonica
disciple and companion of Saint Paul
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 4 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Commemoration of Saint Aristarchus of Thessalonica, who was a disciple of Saint Paul the Apostle, his faithful companion on his journeys and his fellow prisoner at Rome.
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 4 August as a disciple of Saint Paul, his faithful companion on his journeys and his fellow prisoner at Rome.
Connected on this site
- Paul the Apostle Saint“Commemoration of Saint Aristarchus of Thessalonica, who was a disciple of Saint Paul the Apostle, his faithful companion on his journeys and his fellow prisoner at Rome.” — this site's research
Sources
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