Saint Baradates of Cyrrhus

Also known as

• Baradatus of Cyrrhus

Memorial

• 22 February

Profile

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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Baradates of Cyrrhus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-baradates-of-cyrrhus/>