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John of Mareotis
hermit, companion of Simeon the Fool
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 21 July (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
Together with him is commemorated Saint John, hermit, who was for about thirty years the companion of Saint Simeon in the holy pilgrimage and in the hermitage near Lake Mareotis in Egypt.
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 21 July as the hermit who was for about thirty years the companion of Saint Simeon near Lake Mareotis in Egypt.
Sources
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