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Saint Julian Sabas the Elder

Also known as

Julian the Ascetic

17 January (Roman Church)
24 January (Greek Church)
18 October (Greek Menaea)
14 January on some old calendars

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Hermit in a cave in Mesopotamia on the banks of the Euphrates near Edessa, and then on Mount Sinai. Legend says he ate only once a week. Ministered to and encourged Christians persecuted by Julian the Apostate. Enemies proclaimed that Julian was a follower of Arianism. He travelled to Antioch in 372, made several public speeches against the heresy – then returned to his cave where he lived the rest of his life. A brief biography of Julian was written by Saint John Chrystostom.