Saint Procopius (other)
Saint Procopius may refer to: People * Procopius of Scythopolis (died 303), Christian martyr and saint * Procopius of Sázava (died 1053), Bohemian canon and hermit * Procopius of Ustyug (1243?—1303), fool for Christ (''yurodivy''), miracle worker and Russian Orthodox Church saint Churches * St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč, Czech Republic * Saint Procopius Church of Tirana, Albania * St. Procopius Church, Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic Other uses * St. Procopius College, original name of Benedictine University Benedictine University is a private Roman Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois. It was founded in 1887 as St. Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in the Pilsen community on the West Side of Chicago. The insti ...

Procopius Of Scythopolis
Procopius of Scythopolis (died 7 July AD 303) was a 4th century martyr who is venerated as a saint. He was a reader and exorcist in the church at Scythopolis; he also was famous as an ascetic and erudite theologian. Eusebius of Caesarea wrote of his martyrdom, which occurred during the persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian, and stated that "he was born at Jerusalem, but had gone to live in Scythopolis, where he held three ecclesiastical offices. He was reader and interpreter in the Syriac language, and cured those possessed of evil spirits."Saints of July 8
Eusebius wrote that Procopius was sent with his companions from Scythopolis to , where he was
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Procopius Of Sázava
Saint Procopius of Sázava ( la, Procopius Sazavensis, cs, Prokop Sázavský; died 25 March 1053) was a Czech canon and hermit, canonized as a saint of the Catholic church in 1204. Life Little about his life is known with certainty. According to hagiographical tradition, he was born in 970, in a Central Bohemian village of Chotouň near Kouřim. He studied in Prague and was ordained there. He was married and had a son, called Jimram (Emmeram), but later entered the Benedictine order, presumably at Břevnov Monastery, and eventually retired to the wilderness as a hermit, living in a cave on the banks of Sázava River, where over time he attracted a group of fellow hermits. The community of hermits was incorporated as a Benedictine monastery by the duke of Bohemia in 1032/3, now known as Sázava Monastery, or St Procopius Monastery, where he served as the first abbot for the span of twenty years until his death. Veneration Local veneration of Procopius as a saint is recorded for ...
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Procopius Of Ustyug
Procopius of Ustyug (russian: Прокопий Устюжский ''or'' Святой Прокопий Любекский, german: Prokop(ius) von Ustjug und Lübeck; 1243? — in Veliky Ustyug) was a Foolishness for Christ, fool for Christ (''yurodivy''), a Thaumaturgy, miracle worker, saint of Russian Orthodox Church, formerly a merchant from Lübeck. He was History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union, born in Germany, a Catholicism, Roman Catholic merchant who converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity during his travels. Though he is sometimes identified as one ''Jacob Potharst'', son of a Lübeck merchant, Procopius' worldly name, surname, date and place of birth are not reliably determined. In 1818 the universal celebration of the saint was established. St. Procopius lived as ''yurodivy'' (russian: юродивый) for 60 years. In 1290 he predicted the fall of Veliky Ustyug (meteorite), meteorite near Veliky Ustyug, as well as tornado and conflagration. The incorru ...
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Saint Procopius Church Of Tirana
Saint Procopius Church of Tirana ( sq, Kisha e Shën Prokopit) is an Orthodox church on the outskirts of Tirana, Albania. It was one of only two Orthodox churches that existed in the city before World War II, the other one being the 19th-century Evangelismos Church, which was demolished in 1967. History Old building In 1787 the Bargjini family, feudals of Tirana, gave the permit to the Orthodox community of Tirana to construct the church, as a compensation for the protection that the community had offered in the local defense of the city against the attacks of Kurt Pasha of Berat. The church was built between 1790 and 1797 although in the church codex the donators of the construction can be traced only in a 1818 entry, as copies of the prior codex have been lost. A considerable part of the community were Vlachs and the codex, which included all the important activities of the church was written in Greek. The construction was half underground, whereas no bells were allowed, a ...
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