Mar
12
Saint Teófanes Cronista
March 12th IX century Abad Mártir Monje
In Sigriana, in Bithynia, in the monastery of Campogrande, burial of saint Teófanes, surnamed "Chronograph", or Saint Theophanes chronicler who being very rich preferred to become a poor monk, and for defending the cult of sacred images was imprisoned by the Emperor León el Armenio for two years and then deported to Samothrace, where, exhausted from suffering, gave up his spirit.
- Name
- Teófanes (Masculino)
- Dead
- in Sigriana, in current Turkey
- Celebration
- March 12th