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Phosterius
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Who they were
Saint Phosterius the Hermit was a 7th-century Anatolian Christian hermit. He is commemorated on January 5/18, in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Book of Saints (Monks of Ramsgate) via CatholicSaints.Info - Saint Phosterios — 'Also known as Fosterias, Phosterio, Phosterius. Memorial 5 January. Sixth-century mountain hermit.' Sources given: Book of Saints (Ramsgate), Acta Sanctorum of the Bollandists, Oekumenisches Heiligenlexikon.
- Wikidata Q7187590 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Phosterius the Hermit (CC BY-SA)
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