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Saint Marcian of Constantinople

Also known as: Marciano

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

January 10

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Marcian of Constantinople, also known as Marciano, was a prominent member of a Roman family in Constantinople during the 5th century. He had close familial ties to Emperor Theodosius II and was ordained as a cleric in the year 455. Devoting his life to the service of God, Marcian embraced a particularly austere lifestyle, which unfortunately led to him being wrongly accused of the heresy of Novatianism....