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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Vendemianus of Bithynia

Hermit of Bithynia

A disciple of Saint Auxentius, known for his holiness and gift of healing, who died around 512.

Feast
February 1old style February 14
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Vendemianus (Bendemianus) was a hermit in Bithynia, at the beginning of the sixth century, and died around the year 512. He is commemorated on 1 February by the Orthodox and the Byzantine Catholic Churches.

He was a disciple of Saint Auxentius and became known for the holiness of his life and for the gift of healing. He lived for more than forty years on a mountain cliff, close to the hermitage of Auxentius, in the region of Chalcedon in Asia Minor.

Commemorated the same day February 1