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Plato of Sakkoudion
Byzantine saint
SaintFull write-upByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 4 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
740
Died
814
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Constantinople, Saint Plato, hegumen, who long fought with unconquered spirit against the enemies of the sacred images and together with his nephew Theodosius reorganised the famous monastery of Stoudios.
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 4 April as a hegumen who fought the enemies of sacred images and with his nephew reorganised the monastery of Stoudios.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2269212 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Plato of Sakkoudion (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.