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Fresco at Hosios Loukas, Greece (11th century) Statue of the saint in St Athanasius's Catholic Church in Evanston, Illinois. When Emperor Constantine I died, Athanasius was allowed to return to his See of Alexandria. Shortly thereafter, however, Constantius II renewed the order for Athanasius's banishment in 338.
While travelling to Rome, Athanasius died at Veroli, and was buried at Monte Cassino. His body was afterwards translated to the Cathedral of Naples. [1] He is regarded among Roman Catholics as the co-patron saint of the city of Naples, and his feast day is 15 July. [1] A vita of Athanasius was written by John the Deacon in 872.
Anthony the Great (Ancient Greek: Ἀντώνιος ὁ Μέγας Antónios ho̅ Me̅́gas; Arabic: القديس أنطونيوس الكبير; Latin: Antonius; Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ; c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint.
Lucifer's status as a Saint had been a matter of controversy. According to John Henry Blunt's 1874 Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of Religious Thought, The Church of Cagliari celebrated the feast of a Saint Lucifer on the 20th of May. Two Archbishops of Sardinia wrote for and against the sanctity of Lucifer.
Athanasius later was martyred for Christ, not willing to convert to the Islamic faith. He was hanged and buried near the Church of St. Paraskeve. Minas Minoidis (d. France). Minas was a student of Athanasios Parios. He taught rhetoric and philosophy in Serres and Thessaloniki; he also taught ancient Greek and literature in Paris.
Anthony of Padua, OFM, (Portuguese: António/Antônio de Pádua; Italian: Antonio di/da Padova; Latin: Antonius Patavinus) or Anthony of Lisbon (Portuguese: António/Antônio de Lisboa; Italian: Antonio da/di Lisbona; Latin: Antonius Olisiponensis; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) [1] [2] was a Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor.
Gregory of Tours [6] attests to the cult of Maximin in the church of Saint John Evangelist and the cult offered at his grave. The Abbey – destroyed by Normans in 882, [ 7 ] and rebuilt, then entirely re-built in the 1680s, secularised in 1802, bombed in World War II and since largely demolished – was one of the oldest in western Europe.
This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...