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Maximian of Syracuse
bishop of Syracuse
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 9 June (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 Syracuse, Saint Maximian, bishop, of whom Pope Saint Gregory the Great often makes mention.
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 9 June as a bishop of Syracuse of whom Pope Saint Gregory the Great often made mention.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.