ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 23rd of August
Fabian (Fabianus), a confessor who is said to have been bishop of Braga (Bracara) in Portugal and to have died in the year 230. The Bollandists* did not find enough credible evidence of public veneration, so they did not list him as "Saint Fabian." (IV. 553)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 156)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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