Feast September 22
Phocas of Sinope
Martyr, patron of gardeners · Feast September 22
Biography
Phocas, sometimes called Phocas the Gardener, is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three men with the same name: a Phocas of Antioch, a Phocas the Gardener and Phocas, Bishop of Sinope.
Feast day
September 22
Patronage
- gardeners
- market-gardeners
- hospitality
- agricultural workers
- farmers
- fieldhands
- husbandmen
- sailors
- mariners
- watermen
Death date
~303 AD?
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
9
Feast day of month
22