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Athenodorus
early Christian author and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 9 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
215
Died
270
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Neocaesarea in Pontus, in present-day Turkey, Saint Athenodorus, bishop, brother of Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, who made such progress in preaching the Sacred Scriptures that he was held worthy to exercise the episcopal ministry despite his youth.
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 7 November as a bishop at Neocaesarea, brother of Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, made bishop while still young.
Connected on this site
- Gregory Thaumaturgus Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q780243 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.