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Saint Myron
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
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unknown
Died
251
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Achaia, St. Myron, priest and martyr, who was beheaded at Cyzicus after many tortures, at the time of the Emperor Decius and the governor Antipater.
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 Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 17 August.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 17 August
- Wikidata Q16327372 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.