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Thalassius of Syria
Syrian monk
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 22 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
440
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saints Thalassius and Limneus (5th century) were Syrian hermits. Their feast day is 22 February.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints — SS. Thalassius and Limnaeus (22 February) — Butler's Lives, 22 February: 'SS. THALASSIUS and LIMNAEUS (c. a.d. 450). We read of the holy hermits Thalassius and Limnaeus in the Philotheus of Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus... Thalassius had taken up his abode in a cav
- Wikidata Q7709543 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thalassius of Syria (CC BY-SA)
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