Saint Phanourios (
Greek
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: Άγιος Φανούριος), also known as St. Phanourios the Newly-Manifest (Greek: Άγιος Φανούριος ο Νεοφανής) is recognized as a
saint
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by the
Greek Orthodox Church
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. He is commemorated on August 27.
Saint Phanourios was awarded the Martyr's Crown in the Orthodox Christian faith.
He is also well known for finding people's lost belongings after fervent supplications.
Angelos Akotantos
Angelos Akotantos (Greek: Άγγελος Ακοτάντος 1390-1457) was a Greek painter, educator, and protopsaltis. He painted in the Byzantine style or maniera greca. He represented the transition from the Byzantine style of painting to the m ...
from
Crete
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has painted a number of the Saint's icons many times depicting him killing a dragon; this tradition is found mainly in Crete especially in icons of the 15th century when the Saint is said to have saved many Cretans from certain death from the hands of the invading
Ottomans
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The chapel of Saint Phanourios near the village of Ayios Georgios on the north coast of the island of Cyprus is located near fossil bones of pygmy hippopotamus
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es.
Locals believed them the bones of the saint and would powder them into a healing drink.[Boekschoten G.J., Sondaar P.Y. 1972. On the fossil mammalia of Cyprus, I & II. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series B), 75 (4): 306–38.]
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The life of St. Phanourios
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Greek saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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