Saint Baradates of Cyrrhus

Also known as

• Baradatas
• Baradatus

Memorial

• 22 February

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Hermit in a tiny shack in Cyrrhus, Syria; he wore animal skins, lived on whatever came to hand, and spent every possible moment in prayer. Emperor Leo I of Constantinople wrote to Baradates for his thoughts on the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

Died

• c.460

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Baradates of Cyrrhus“. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 February 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>