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Theophilus the Monk
monk at Constantinople
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 2 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
At Constantinople, the commemoration of Saint Theophilus, monk, who for defending the sacred images was cruelly scourged and sent into exile by Leo the Isaurian.
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 2 October as a monk of Constantinople who was scourged and exiled for defending the sacred images.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.