Vitalios of Sicily

Venerable Vitalios of Castronovo in Sicily.

St. Vitalios was born in Castronovo in Sicily in the tenth century and became a monk of the Greek monastery of St. Philip at Agira. He later lived as a hermit in various places in Sicily and Calabria, gathering disciples and founding monasteries, and was known for his miracles and his care for the poor.

He reposed in peace around the end of the tenth century, and his memory is kept on March 9.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Vitalios of Sicily is commemorated on March 9. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 22 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on March 9

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  Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste

  Martyr, Σαράντα Μάρτυρες

  The Forty Holy Martyrs who froze in the lake of Sebaste.

  Name days: Sarantis

• Ourpasianos

  Martyr, Ουρπασιανός

  Holy Martyr Ourpasianos of Nicomedia, burned in an iron cage.

  Name days: Ourpasianos

• Kaisarios the Physician

  Saint, Καισάριος

  Righteous Kaisarios, physician, brother of Saint Gregory the Theologian.

  Name days: Kaisarios, Kesarios, Caesarius, Caesar

• Christos and Panagos

  Martyr, Χρίστος και Πανάγος

  Holy New Martyrs Christos the Priest and Panagos.

• Six Martyrs of One Family

  Saint, Μάρτυρες μιας οικογενείας

  Holy Martyrs, a grandfather, grandmother, father, mother and their two children.