Feb 24 John Theristus d. 1129

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February 24 St. John Theristus d. 1129

For a twelfth century saint, we really don’t have much in the tertiary sources.

John’s mother was Calabrian, captured by the Saracens, and brought to Sicily as a slave. John Theristus was born in Sicily as a slave.

As a child, John Theristus escaped and returned to Calabria where he became a monk – a good vocation, a safe place to hide….

Theristus means harvester – John Theristus, a simple Benedictine monk, performed a miraculous harvest.

And that’s all we have without lots more digging. Or harvesting 

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