Saint Abraham of Kratia
- Memorial
- 6 December
- Profile
- Monk in at Emesa, Syria.
His community was destroyed and the brothers dispersed by pagan nomad raids when Abraham was in his early 20's.
He moved to Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) where c.500 he was made abbot at Gratia, Bithynia at age 26.
Served for ten years, but finally fled in secret to Palestine for the quieter life of a hermit.
Located, he was ordered by church authorities to return to his post.
Made the reluctant bishop of Kratia soon after.
Around 525 he was finally allowed to resign his see, and finally retire for 30 years of ermetical solitude and prayer.
- Born
- c.474 at Emesa, Syria
- Died
- c.558 in Palestine
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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