Mirocles
Sign in to saveMirocles (or Merocles, ) was Bishop of Milan from before 313 to . He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 3.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Milan
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- archbishop
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Urn of Saint Mirocles bishop of Milan.jpg
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- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of death
- 0316-01-01
- date of birth
- 0201-00-00
- feast day
- November 30
- Commons category
- Mirocle di Milano
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Mirocles (or Merocles, ) was Bishop of Milan from before 313 to . He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 3.
==Life== Almost nothing is known about the life of Mirocles. He was elected as bishop of Milan in some year before 313 and he reigned till about 316. He perhaps was born to a family of Pavia, to which will born also Epiphanius.
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