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George of Amastris
byzantine monk
SaintByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 21 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
701
Died
800
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
George of Amastris (Greek: Γεώργιος ὁ Ἀμάστριδος; died 802/807) was a Byzantine monk who was made bishop of Amastris against his will.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints (Thurston-Attwater), 21 February — Butler's Lives has a full entry 'ST GEORGE, Bishop of Amastris (c. A.D. 825)' at 21 February: 'Early in the ninth century there lived at Cromna, near Amastris on the Black Sea...'. Pre-schism-adjacent Byzantine bishop ca
- Wikidata Q3103660 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — George of Amastris (CC BY-SA)
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