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Saint Faustus, Son of Dalmat

Monk
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

Faustus was the son of Dalmat. Father and son became monks in the monastery of Isaac near Constantinople, where the calendar remembers their life of fasting and prayer. Faustus continued in monastic life while his father became the community’s abbot.

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