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Emilián z Cyzica
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 8 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
At Cyzicus on the Hellespont, in present-day Turkey, Saint Emilián, bishop, who suffered much at the hands of the Emperor Leo for the veneration of sacred images and finally died in exile.
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 8 August as a bishop of Cyzicus who suffered for the veneration of sacred images and died in exile.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20919649 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.