Phocas the Gardener | |
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Died | ~303 AD?[1] |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church |
Major shrine | Relics were claimed by Vienne and Antioch |
Feast | March 5,[2] July 3[3] |
Attributes | Gospel book, paddle or scythe |
Patronage | gardeners; market-gardeners; hospitality; agricultural workers; farmers; fieldhands; husbandmen; sailors; mariners; watermen |
Phocas, sometimes called Phocas the Gardener (Greek: Φωκᾶς), is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three men with the same name: a Phocas of Antioch, a Phocas the Gardener and Phocas, Bishop of Sinope.[4]
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