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Sarmata
abbot in the Thebaid
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 11 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
The commemoration of Saint Sarmata, abbot in the Thebaid, in Egypt, who, a disciple of Saint Anthony, was killed by the Saracens.
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 11 October as an abbot in the Thebaid, a disciple of Saint Anthony, killed by the Saracens.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.