Saint Philip of Agirone
![[Saint Philip of Agirone]](saintp76.jpg "icon of Saint Philip of Agirone, date unknown, author unknown; swiped off the Kirken i Norge web site; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
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Apostle of the Sicilians
Philip of Aggira
Philip of Agira
Philip of Agirya
Philip of Argira
- Memorial
- 12 May
- Profile
- First Christian missionary to Sicily.
Exorcist.
Many stories grew up around him, all apparently legend.
- Born
- in Thrace
- Name Meaning
- lover of horses (Philip)
- Patronage
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Agirone, Sicily, Italy
Zebbug, Malta
- Additional Information
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Kirken i Norge - norwegian
Wikipedia
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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