May 12

Saint Epiphanius of Salamina

May 12th V century

Name
Epiphanius (Masculino)
Other saints
Other saints named Epiphanius
Born
en Besanduk, in current Israel
Dead
in Salamina, in current Cyprus
Celebration
May 12th
In the sea near Salamis in Cyprus, saint Epiphanius, Bishop, who stood out for his vast erudition and his knowledge of the sacred sciences, and was remarkable also for the sanctity of life, by his zealous defense of the Catholic faith, for his generosity for the poor and by his thaumaturgic power. Roman martyrology