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Candidus
4th century Christian Armenian saint
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Feast: 10 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
320
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saints Cyrion and Candidus (died 320 AD) are Armenian saints. They and the Forty Armenian Martyrs are venerated on March 10.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Cyrion and Candidus, which covers Candidus with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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.
Sources
- The Roman Martyrology, 10 March (forty martyrs of Sebaste) — Martyrologium Romanum, 10 March: the forty soldiers martyred at Sebaste in Armenia, 'Erant autem nobiliores inter eos Cyrion & Candidus' — Candidus named among them; feast 10 March matches.
- Wikidata Q54572392 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.