Saint Abraham of Cyriacus

Memorial

• 15 June

Profile

Captured by bandits in Egypt, he was imprisoned and enslaved by them for five years before he could escape. Making his way to Europe, he lived as a hermit near Clermont, Gaul (modern France). Priest. Abbot of Saint Cyriacus abbey.

Born

• on the banks of the River Euphrates in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq)

Died

• c.480 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against fever

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson