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Thraseas
bishop and saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 5 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
170
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Thraseas (? – 170) was a martyr under the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Prior to his death he served as Bishop of Eumenia, Phrygia, in Asia Minor.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 October — RM index: 'Thraseas Episcopus Eumeniae mart. Smyrnae. 5. Octobris'; the 1916 English edition and the Dominican martyrology both read 'the birthday of blessed Thraseas, bishop of Eumenia, who ended his career by martyrdom
- Wikidata Q1252393 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thraseas (CC BY-SA)
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