St. Phanurius

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When browsing the list of saints on catholic.org, I came across one St. Phanurius (Phanourios). However, when I looked him up, he appears to have been a forgotten saint whose relics were found in the 1500s, well after the split between East and West. If this is the case, why is he listed under Catholic saints, as I presume he would not have been known of in the West?

catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5418

orthodoxwiki.org/Phanourios

ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=108969
 
andrewdodd said:
When browsing the list of saints on catholic.org, I came across one St. Phanurius (Phanourios). However, when I looked him up, he appears to have been a forgotten saint whose relics were found in the 1500s, well after the split between East and West. If this is the case, why is he listed under Catholic saints, as I presume he would not have been known of in the West?

catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5418

orthodoxwiki.org/Phanourios

ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=108969
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From what I am understanding, he was a saint prior to the schism. That would make him a saint of the Catholic Church just like St. John Chrysostom and many others.

You do not have to belong to the Roman Church to be a saint of the Universal Church. Many of the Fathers did not belong to the Church of Rome and many of them are not well known in the Church of Rome. To be a saint of the universal Church you have to be Catholic.

Does this help?

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
The only thing I don’t understand is that while he was martyred before the schism, the discovery of his icon in a miraculous way did not occur until 1500, making it seem like he had been forgotten in both East and West. How did his veneration spread to the West from that point on, if he had been “discovered” post-Schism?
 
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The only thing I don’t understand is that while he was martyred before the schism, the discovery of his icon in a miraculous way did not occur until 1500, making it seem like he had been forgotten in both East and West. How did his veneration spread to the West from that point on, if he had been “discovered” post-Schism?
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That, I do not know. Is it possible that the Oriental Catholics spread the devotion?

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
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