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Potamon of Heraclea
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 18 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
341
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Potamon of Heraclea (or Potamon of Alexandria, Potamone, Potamion; died c. 341) was a bishop of Heraclea in Egypt who was persecuted under the emperor Maximinus Daza, attended the First Council of Nicaea, then was martyred in Egypt by the Arians.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 May — 'In Egypt, Saint Potamon, bishop' — 'In Egypt, Saint Potamon, bishop, a confessor under Maximian Galerius, and afterwards a martyr under the emperor Constantius, and the Arian governor Philagrius.' The same passage is in the 1916 English translation in the
- Wikidata Q108443074 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Potamon of Heraclea (CC BY-SA)
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