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St. Augustine

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The question

If Saint Augustine is canonized by our church as a saint; why isn't he in our Synaxarium or Antiphonarium?

The answer

St. Augustine is considered a saint in our Church. There are saints mainly from the West such as St. Jerome and St. Ambrose who, like St. Augustine, are not mentioned in the Synaxarium or the Antiphonarium. This however, does not diminish their value as great saints in the Church.

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