Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian
Also known as
- Elpidio the Abbot
- Elpidio the Cappadocian
- Elpidio the Hermit
- Elpidius the Abbot
- Elpidius the Hermit
Profile
Abbot in Asia Minor. Hermit in a cave on Mount Luca, Cappadocia for over twenty years. His reputation for holiness attracted many disciples.
Born
- 4th century of natural causes
- relics enshrined in the town of Cluana (modern Sant’Elpidio a Mare), Ancona, Italy in the 7th century
- the relics are believed to have saved the town from a Lombard siege when Elpidius appeared in the sky asking the inhabitants to defend the village
- man with a vine leaf in winter which recalls a story of him planting a twig in bare ground in winter - and the resulting vine grew so fast and full and that it covered the whole church beside it
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Comuni Italiani
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Vitae Patrum
- Wikipedia
