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Saint Dalmat of Constantinople

Abbot
Constantinople
Feast day: August 3

Group icon depicting Dalmat and Faustus, with a third partly hidden figure whose identity is not established here. Image source: Holy Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle — Iconological Synaxarion

A life of faith

Dalmat had served as a soldier under Theodosius the Great. With his son Faustus, he entered the monastery of Isaac near Constantinople. Dalmat later became its abbot, and the monastery came to bear his name. The calendar remembers his support for the fathers at the Council of Ephesus in 431.

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