Holy Venerables
Antony, Merulus and John
Three monks remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
- Feast
- January 17old style January 30
- Era
- 6th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Antony, Merulus and John were three monks of the sixth century at the monastery of Saint Andrew on the Caelian Hill in Rome. Saint Gregory the Great, who was their abbot, left an account of their virtues and of their power to work miracles. They are remembered on 17 January in the Western calendar (new style).
No other details have been preserved. They are honoured as saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.
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