Saint John Theristus

Feb 232009
 

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His mother was a slave, taken from Calabria to Sicily by Saracens. He escaped back to Calabria while still a child. Benedictine monk at Calabria. He helped to miraculously harvest a large crop ahead of destructive weather, saving the locals from starvation, and gaining the title attributed to him.

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  • 1129 of natural causes

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