Myroblyte saint


A myroblyte is a Christian saint from whose relics or burial place "an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water ", known as the Oil of Saints, "is said to have flowed, or still flows", or from whose body emanates a scent known as the odor of sanctity. The exudation of the oil or scent itself is referred to as myroblysia or myroblytism. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, some icons are also believed to release the oil.

List of myroblyte saints

  • Nilus the Myrrh-streamer, d. 1651
  • Barbarus the Myroblyte
  • Simon the Athonite, d. 1287
  • Menas of Egypt: "In 1905-1908, thousands of little flasks with the inscription: EULOGIA TOU AGIOU MENA, or the like were excavated by C.M. Kaufmann at Baumma in the desert of Mareotis, in the northern part of the Libyan desert. The present Bumma is the burial place of the Libyan martyr Menas, which during the fifth and perhaps the sixth century was one of the most famous pilgrimage places in the Christian world. The flasks of Saint Menas were well known for a long time to archeologists, and had been found not only in Africa, but also in Spain, Italy, Dalmatia, France, and Russia, whither they had been brought by pilgrims from the shrine of Menas. Until the discoveries of Kaufmann, however, the flasks were supposed to have contained oil from the lamps that burned at the sepulchre of Menas. From various inscriptions on the flasks that were excavated by Kaufmann, it is certain that at least some, if not all, of them contained water from a holy well near the shrine of Menas, and were given as remembrances to the pilgrims. The so-called oil of Menas was therefore in reality, water from his holy well, which was used as a remedy against bodily and spiritual ailments."
  • Saint Nicholas of Myra: "A fluid is said to emanate from the relics of Nicholas of Myra preserved at Bari in Italy since 1087. It is said to have also flowed from his relics when they were still in Myra."
  • Apostle John the Evangelist ;
  • Apostle Saint Andrew ;
  • Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum, martyred under Emperor Domitian ;"
  • Candida the Younger of Naples, d. 586 ;"
  • Felix of Nola, priest, died about 260 ;"
  • Demetrius of Thessalonica, martyred in 306 or 290 ;"
  • Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, martyred in 156.
  • Euthymius the Great, abbot in Palestine, d. 473 ;"
  • Fantinus, confessor, at Tauriano in Calabria, d. under Constantine the Great ;"
  • Glyceria, martyred during the reign of Antoninus Pius ;"
  • John the Almsgiver, Patriarch of Alexandria, d. 620 or 616 ;"
  • Luke the Younger, surnamed Thaumaturgos, a hermit in Greece, d. 945-6 ;"
  • Paphnutius, bishop and martyr in Greece, d. probably in the fourth century ;"
  • Paul, Bishop of Verdun, d. 648 ;"
  • Peter Thaumaturgus, Bishop of Argos, d. about 890 ;"
  • Rolendis, virgin, at Gerpinnes in Belgium, d. in the seventh or eighth century ;"
  • Babolenus, Abbot of St-Maur-des-Fossés near Paris, d. in the seventh century ;"
  • Gundecar, Bishop of Eichstädt, d. 1075 ;"
  • Walpurga: "Famous among the oils of saints is the Oil of Saint Walburga. It flows from the stone slab and the surrounding metal plate on which rest the relics of Walburga in her church in Eichstätt in Bavaria. The fluid is caught in a silver cup, placed beneath the slab for that purpose, and is distributed among the faithful in small vials by the Sisters of Benedict, to whom the church belongs. A chemical analysis has shown that the fluid contains nothing but the ingredients of water. Though the origin of the fluid is probably due to natural causes, the fact that it came in contact with the relics of the saint justifies the practice of using it as a remedy against diseases of the body and the soul. Mention of the oil of Walburga is made as early as the ninth century by her biographer Wolfhard of Herrieden."
  • William, Archbishop of York, d. 1154.
  • John of Beverley, Bishop of York, d. 721 ;"
  • Franca, Cistercian abbess, d. 1218 ;"
  • Tillo Paulus, a Benedictine monk at Solignac in Gaul, d. 703 ;"
  • Eligius, Bishop of Noyon, d. 660 or soon after ;"
  • Reverianus, Bishop of Autun, and Companions, martyred about 273 ;"
  • Robert of Knaresborough, Hermit, d. 1218;
  • Peter González, Dominican, d. 1246 ;"
  • Perpetuus, Bishop of Tongres-Utrecht, d. 630 ;"
  • Humilitas, first abbess of the Vallombrosian Nuns, d. 1310 ;"
  • Sabinus, Bishop of Canosa, d. about 566 ;"
  • Sigolena, Abbess of Troclar, d. about 700 ;"
  • Venerius, hermit on the Island of Palamaria in the gulf of Genoa, d. in the seventh century ;"