Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian

Also known as

• Elpidio the Abbot
• Elpidio the Cappadocian
• Elpidio the Hermit
• Elpidius the Abbot
• Elpidius the Hermit

Memorial

• 2 September

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

• Cappadocia

Died

• 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

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Sant’Elpidio a Mare, Italy

Representation

• 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
• Vitae Patrum
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 August 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-elpidius-of-cappadocian/>