Venerable
Elias of Syracuse
A holy man of Syracuse in Sicily, reposed around 660.
- Feast
- August 26old style September 8
- Reposed
- 6607th century
- Place
- Syracuse
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Elias of Syracuse was a monk and then bishop of Syracuse in Sicily. He reposed around the year 660. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 26 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 8 September of the civil calendar. We have no further details of his life.
Commemorated the same day August 26
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