ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 5th of March
THEOPHILUS, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA
The Bollandists* list Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, on March 5 among the Praetermissi. Most probably, the patriarch of the same name, a learned and zealous bishop who presided over this church from A.D. 385-412, is meant here. (I.358)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 495)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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