Aug 17

Saint Elijah the Young

August 17th X century

Name
Elijah (Masculino)
Dead
in Tesalónica, in current Macedonia, the former yugoslav republic of
Celebration
August 17th
In Thessaloniki, Macedonia, death saint Elijah the Young, who was monk according to the rules of the Eastern fathers and, after having suffered much by the Saracens because of faith, with a strength of invincible spirit brought a rigorous life of prayer and austerity, both in Calabria and Sicily. Roman martyrology