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Saint Proclus of Constantinople

Archbishop
Constantinople
Feast day: November 20

Icon of Proclus of Constantinople.
Icon of Proclus of Constantinople. Image source: Holy Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle — Iconological Synaxarion

A life of faith

Proclus was archbishop of Constantinople and a disciple of John Chrysostom. His received life recounts a vision in which he saw the Apostle Paul speaking at Chrysostom’s ear.

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