Asterius of Amasea
bishop of Amasea
Who they were
Saint Asterius of Amasea (Greek: Ἀστέριος Ἀμασείας, c. 350 – c. 410 AD) was made Bishop of Amasea between 380 and 390 AD, after having been a lawyer. He was born in Cappadocia and probably died in Amasea in Pontus, now in Turkey. Significant portions of his lively sermons survive, which are especially interesting from the point of view of art history, and social life in his day. He is not to be confused with the Arian polemicist Asterius the Sophist. His feast day is October 30.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Butler's Lives of the Saints; Acta Sanctorum, 30 October — Butler calls him "St Asterius, Bishop of Amasea" (in the life of St Euphemia, 16 September); the Bollandists treat him in the Acta Sanctorum at 30 October, his feast.
- Wikidata Q747775 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Asterius of Amasea (CC BY-SA)
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