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Porphyrius
actor
SaintPre-congregation
Born
—
unknown
Died
361
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Porphyrius of Ephesus was an early Christian martyr and an actor. He is honoured by the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
Summary translated from the Russian Wikipedia article Порфирий Эфесский (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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
- Roman Martyrology (1916 ed.), 15 September — "Item sancti Porphyrii mimi, qui coram Juliano Apostata per jocum baptismum suscipiens, Dei virtute derepente mutatus, Christianum se esse professus est" — Porphyrius the actor/mime, martyr under Julian.
- Wikidata Q4373476 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.