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Saint Chariton
Christian saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 28 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
201
Died
350
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Souka near Bethlehem in Palestine, Saint Chariton, abbot, who, assiduous in prayer and fasting, founded numerous monasteries in the desert.
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 28 September as an abbot who founded numerous monasteries in the desert.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q984059 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Chariton the Confessor (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.