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Macedonius of Syria
ascetic in Antioch
SaintDate unknown
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
Macedonius the Hermit, sometimes known as Macedonius Kritophagus, lived at the turn of the fourth to fifth century in Byzantine Syria. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with a feast day of January 24.
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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.
Sources
- Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other Principal Saints, vol. I (January), 24 January: 'St. Macedonius, Anchoret in Syria' — The barley-eating Syrian ascetic of Theodoret, c.430 - same figure as Thurston & Attwater's Butler at 24 January. He is NOT in the Roman Martyrology (checked current Italian text and the older edition).
- Wikidata Q6723221 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Macedonius of Syria (CC BY-SA)
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