A Greek hagiographer used the exorcism incident as a jumping off point to write a biography of Abercius. Lacking material and details, the writer included incidents from the lives of other saints, and when that ran out, he added plain fiction. Some have considered Abercius to be fictional, and much scholarship has been required to prove his existence and extract the few facts about him that we know.
Pre-Congregation venerated by the Greek Church since the 10th century
destroying a statue of Apollo with his crozier brought to him by an angel
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