Saint
Phocas of Sinope
Patron of gardeners, market-gardeners, hospitality, agricultural workers, farmers, fieldhands, husbandmen, sailors, mariners, watermen
Feast day: September 22
Died c. 303
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.
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