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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Zacharias Angelicus

Venerable honored in the West as Zacharias Angelicus; the sources preserve few details about him.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
January 21old style February 3
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Zacharias Angelicus, called the Angelic, is named in the Roman Martyrology as a teacher of the common monastic life on Mount Mercurion in Basilicata, southern Italy. He is remembered on 21 January. Most accounts of his life are late and uncertain, and his years cannot be fixed with precision. Honored in the West, without Orthodox synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day January 21