Saint George the Younger

Memorial: 7 April
Profile: Born wealthy, he used his fortune help the sick and poor until it was gone, then entered a monastery. Bishop of Mitylene; known as the Younger because there had been two previous bishops in Mitylene named George. Noted for his humility and fasting, for his gifts of healing, and his work as an exorcist. Stood against emperor Leo the Armenian and the iconoclasts. For his courage and defense of the icons he was exiled to Chersonese for the rest of his life.
Born: 8th century at Mitylene, island of Lesbos, Greece
Died: 816 in Chersonese of natural causes while in exile; his relics were returned to Mitylene, and his tomb became a scene of miraculous healings
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