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Zosimus of Syracuse
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 21 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
662
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Syracuse, Saint Zosimus, bishop, who was first the humble keeper of the tomb of Saint Lucy, then abbot of the monastery there.
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 30 March as a bishop of Syracuse who had been keeper of Saint Lucy's tomb and abbot of the monastery there.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q13197657 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.