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Saint Michael the Warrior of Potuka

Warrior
Potuka and Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Feast day: November 22

Published depiction of Michael the Warrior of Bulgaria; small native source image. Image source: Bulgarian Orthodox Church — Bulgarian Patriarchate

A life of faith

The received Bulgarian life remembers Michael as a man from Potuka who gave generously to poor people from his youth. He later led a company in the Byzantine army. The account includes a dragon-slaying tradition and associates him with the time of Boris-Michael, without establishing his chronology securely. His relics were later brought to Tarnovo, where Patriarch Euthymius composed his life.

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