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Venerable Peter the Hermit of Galatia

Also known as Peter of Galatia · Peter the Ascetic

An ascetic from Galatia who settled in a tomb near Antioch in Syria, living in extreme simplicity and granted the gift of healing; he reposed at a great age.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Feb 1