Saint Archelaus of Mesopotamia

Memorial

• 26 December

Profile

Bishop of Chacar (Kashkar; Cascus; Charchar) Mesopotamia. Fought Manichaeism. His writings on the heresy were valued by Saint Jerome.

Died

c.280

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Archelaus of Mesopotamia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 July 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-archelaus-of-mesopotamia/>