Saint
Pyrrhus
A bishop honoured for the purity of his life, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
Life
Saint Pyrrhus was a bishop and is honoured for the purity of his life, being called "the virgin".
The verse of the synaxarion says that he raised a great tower of purity, through which he sees God. He fell asleep in peace. No other details of his life, or of the place or time in which he lived, are preserved. He is commemorated on 1 June, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
Commemorated the same day June 1
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