A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.
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Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 63 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.
Heilodorus, and Chromatius, bishop Aquileja, wrote to S. Jerome urging him to translate the Scriptures out of Chaldee into Latin, and S. Jerome afterwards dedicated to them the Book of Tobit, which he had translated at their request Of his acts as bishop, nothing is known. The relics of the Saint are shewn at Torcelli in Venetia. J«J r j J •S'.
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Heilodorus, and Chromatius, bishop Aquileja, wrote to S. Jerome [translator of the Bible into Latin (d. 420)] urging him to translate the Scriptures out of Chaldee into Latin, and S. Jerome afterwards dedicated to them the Book of Tobit, which he had translated at their request Of his acts as bishop, nothing is known. The relics [the bodily remains of a saint, or objects they used, kept with honor] of the Saint are shewn at Torcelli in Venetia. J«J r j J •S'. Anatolius.
Feast: July 3
Traditional: July 8
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Image: Altar of Saint Heliodorus - Santa Maria Assunta (Torcello) - Venice 2016.jpg · José Luiz · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.
Image: José Luiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.
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