Saint Charalampias

Also known as

• Caralampo
• Charalampos
• Charalampus
• Charalampius
• Charalambos
• Haralampos
• Haralampus
• Haralabos
• Haralambos
• Kharalampos

Memorial

• 10 February

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Priest. Martyred with five companions during the persecutions of Emperor Septimius Severus.

Died

• 203 in Magnesia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)
• skull enshrined in the monastery of Saint Stephen in Meteora in central Greece

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against plague
• against cattle diseases
• against cholera

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Charalampias“. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 February 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>