Demetrian
Catholic saint, -260
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Demetrian (d. 912?) is a saint from Cyprus. In the 9th and 10th centuries, he served the Christian Church as a monk and an abbot, and ultimately as the bishop of the ancient city of Chytri. He is venerated for his apparently miraculous rescue of Christian Cypriots who had been enslaved by Saracen invaders.
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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.
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 6 November — St Demetrian, bishop — 'ST DEMETRIAN, Bishop of Khytri (c. a.d. 912) — He was born at Sika, a village in Cyprus... he took the angelical habit in the monastery of St Antony.' Butler places him at 6 November, matching the feast; santiebeati als
- Wikidata Q24915558 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Demetrian (CC BY-SA)
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