St. John Theristus - Saints

St. John Theristus - Saints



St. John Theristus, Roman Catholic Benedictine Monk. John's Calabrian mother had been captured by the Saracens (Islamic Raiders) and brought to Sicily. He contrived to escape to Calabria while still a child, and there he became a Benedictine Feastday February 24

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