Saint Epiphanius

Saint Epiphanius

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  • Description / Title of the Saint : Archbishop

Saint Epiphanius

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Epiphanius: May 12
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Archbishop
  • Date of Birth: Saint Epiphanius was born c310
  • Date of Death: Saint Epiphanius died 403
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Epiphanius
The story and history of Saint Epiphanius. Saint Epiphanius was born about the year 310, in Palestine. In his youth he began the study of the Holy Scriptures, embraced a monastic life, and went into Egypt to perfect himself in the exercises of that state, in the deserts of that country. He returned to Palestine about the year 333, and built a monastery near the place of his birth. His labors in the exercise of virtue seemed to some to surpass his strength; but his apology always was: "God gives not the kingdom of heaven but on condition that we labor; and all we can do bears no proportion to such a crown." To his corporal austerities he added an indefatigable application to prayer and study. Most books then in vogue passed through his hands; and he improved himself very much in learning by his travels into many parts.

Although the skilful director of many others, St. Epiphanius took the great St. Hilarion as his master in a spiritual life, and enjoyed the happiness of his direction and intimate acquaintance from the year 333 to 356. The reputation of his virtue made St. Epiphanius known to distant countries, and about the year 367 he was chosen Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus. But he still wore the monastic habit, and continued to govern his monastery in Palestine, which he visited from time to time. He sometimes relaxed his austerities in favor of hospitality, preferring charity to abstinence. No one surpassed him in tenderness and charity to the poor. The veneration which all men had for his sanctity exempted him from. the persecution of the Arian Emperor Valens. In 376 he undertook a journey to Antioch in the hope of converting Vitalis, the Apollinarist bishop; and in 382 he accompanied St. Paulinus from that city to Rome, where they lodged at the house of St. Paula; our Saint in return entertained her afterward ten days in Cyprus in 385. The very name of an error in faith, or the shadow of danger of evil, affrighted him, and the Saint fell into some mistakes on certain occasions, which proceeded from zeal and simplicity. He was on his way back to Salamis, after a short absence, when he died in 403, having been bishop thirty-six years.

Feast Day of Saint Epiphanius
The Feast Day of Saint Epiphanius is May 12. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Epiphanius

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Epiphanius
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Epiphanius
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Epiphanius - May 12
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 403
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Epiphanius
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Archbishop
 
 

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