St. Charitonthe Confessor
Abbot of Palestine · Bishop of Iconium
Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life
“Yearning for solitude, the monk withdrew farther into the desert in order to avoid the praise of men, but he never rejected anyone who sought his spiritual guidance.”
Dates of commemoration for saint
Birth
3rd century
Iconium, Roman Empire
Death
28 Sept (11 Oct) 350
Holy Land
Life path
- Monk
- Abbot
- Distributed possessions
Undertakings & Callings
- Confessing the faith
- Asceticism
- Founding a monastery
Sufferings
- Persecution
- Torture
- Imprisonment
Places
- Jerusalem, Holy Land
- Palestine