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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Hierarchs

Gregory

A holy monk of North Africa from the time of the undivided Church.

Feast
June 18old style July 1
Era
5th century
Place
North Africa
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Saint Gregory was a bishop in North Africa in the fifth century and is commemorated together with Saints Demetrius, an archdeacon, and Calogerus, an abbot. They were driven out of Africa by the Arian Vandals. They settled at Fragalata near Messina in Sicily and preached the Gospel there. They are honoured as the patrons of Fragalata.

No further details of their lives survive. They are commemorated on 18 June among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (saints of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day June 18