Saint Phocas the Gardener
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Innkeeper. Gardener. Martyr. Used surplus crops to feed the poor. Even cared for the soldiers sent to execute him for being a Christian; he fed and sheltered them, and dug his own grave.
- agricultural workers
- boatmen
- farm workers
- farmers
- field hands
- gardeners
- husbandmen
- mariners
- market-gardeners
- sailors
- watermen
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Saint Phocas the Gardener”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 March 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-phocas-the-gardener/>
