Saint Aphraates

Memorial

• 7 April

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Fourth-century anchoret at Edessa, Mesopotamia. Evangelist and miracle worker in Antioch during the Arian persecutions of orthodox Christians.

Born

• Persian

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aphraates“. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 April 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>