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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

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.

Commemorated the same day January 17