John Theristus
Italian Benedictine monk
Feast: 23 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
John Theristus, OSB (Italian: Giovanni Theristis, "John the Harvester"; Sicilian: Santu Juanni (Teristi); 1049–1129 AD) was an Italian Byzantine Benedictine monk. Despite dying almost a century after the Great Schism of 1054, he is notably a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. The details of his life have been handed down by legends and popular beliefs.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Santi e Beati — San Giovanni Theristi (Teresti) — Listed as "San Giovanni Theristi (Teresti)", 995 c. - 1050 c — Monaco 23 febbraio
- Wikidata Q1130663 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Theristus (CC BY-SA)
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