Saint Baradat | |
|---|---|
| Born | Syria |
| Residence | Cyrrhus, Syria |
| Died | c. 460 |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Feast | February 22 |
St Baradates (died circa 460) was a hermit who lived in the Diocese of Cyrrhus in Syria, and whose bishop, Theodoret, called him "the admirable Baradates."
Baradates lived in a tiny hut, too small for him to stand upright, and he wore a leather garment that exposed only his mouth and nose. He was said to have been very learned, particularly in theology. Emperor Leo wrote him, asking his advice regarding the Council of Chalcedon. In the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Feast of St Baradates is February 22.
The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),
BARADATAS (St.) Hermit (Feb. 22)
(5th cent.) A Syrian Solitary of whose austere life Theodoret his contemporary has left us a glowing account. He is otherwise celebrated as having been adviser to the Emperor Leo I of Constantinople, in regard to his proceedings at the Council of Chalcedon. He died some years later, about A.D. 460. [1]
The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints under February 22,
St. Baradat, Confessor. He lived in the same diocess, in a solitary hut, made of wood in trellis, like windows, says Theodoret, [lower-alpha 1] exposed to all the severities of the weather. He was clothed with the skins of wild beasts, and by conversing continually with God, he attained to an eminent degree of wisdom, and knowledge of heavenly things. He left his wooden prison by the order of the patriarch of Antioch, giving a proof of his humility by his ready obedience. He studied to imitate all the practices of penance, which all the other solitaries of those parts exercised, though of a tender constitution himself. The fervour of his soul, and the fire of divine love, supported him under his incredible labours, though his body was weak and infirm. It is sloth that makes us so often allege a pretended weakness of constitution, in the practice of penance and the exercises of devotion, which courage and fervour would not even feel. See Theodoret, Phil. c. 22. t. 3. p. 868, and c. 27. [2]
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