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Peter of Atroa
abbot and saint
SaintPre-congregation
Born
773
Died
837
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Peter of Atroa (773–837) was an abbot who was later canonized as a saint.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Peter Apselamus Saint“Peter Abselamus (also known as Peter Absalon, Peter Balsamus, and Peter of Atroa), also called "the Standard Bearer", was a third-century Christian martyr.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints (Thurston & Attwater, Christian Classics 1990), 1 January — 'ST PETER OF ATROA' — Byzantine abbot, b. 773 near Ephesus, d. 1 January 837; treated throughout as 'St Peter of Atroa' although Butler notes there seems to have been no formal liturgical veneration. Local corpus supplied with this task; no fetch
- Wikidata Q1563755 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Peter of Atroa (CC BY-SA)
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