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Icon of St. Abundius, Bishop
of Como
Feast day: April 2
Born in Thessalonica, St.
Abundius was ordained and made Bishop of Como in Italy. A noted
theologian, he attended the Council of Constantinople in 450. He was
sent by St. Leo the Great (Leo I of Old Rome) on a mission to Emperor
Theodosius II, preparatory to the Council of Chalcedon, at which the
Monophysite heresy of Dioscorus of Egypt was routed through a miracle
of St. Euphemia the Great-martyr. At the Council of Milan, held in the
following year, St. Abundius refuted the heresy of Eutychianism. Holy
Father Abundius, pray to God for us!
Icon of unknown origin, from
the Italian website of the Synod of Milan, at
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/elia1960/
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