Joseph the Sanctified of Crete

Also known as Joseph Samakos · Joseph the Sanctified · Iosif o Igiasmenos

A monk and priest of Crete who gave away his inheritance and the gifts brought to him for the relief of the poor; his incorrupt and fragrant relics, through which many were healed, earned him the title the Sanctified.

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Notes

Jan 22 is his repose (1511); Aug 29 commemorates the translation of his relics to Zakynthos in 1669, where they rest at the Church of the Pantocrator in Gaitani. OCA lists him under the Aug 29 deposition of relics. Obscure Cretan venerable — clergy/source review advised.

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Aug 29 (Deposition of relics); Lives of the Saints