In Sparta, the Peloponnese, saint Nicón, monk, that after a lifetime cenobite and hermit once in Asia, he worked with Evangelical zeal for the Christian life to the inhabitants of the island of Crete, newly liberated from the yoke of the Saracens, and then toured Greece preaching penance, until he died in the monastery of Sparta, his Foundation.
Celebration | 26 of November Saints of the day |
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Name |
Nicón is a man's name.
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Birth | in Lacedemonia in current Greece Saints born in Greece |
Death | on year 998 in Lacedemonia in current Greece Saints dead in Greece |
Process | We have no record of his canonization process. |