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St. Theodore of Sykeon
Apr 22
Patron Saint Against Rain, Difficult Marriages, for Rain
Born in the Roman Galatian town of Sykeon in Asia Minor, Theodore was the son of a woman of ill repute, who kept an inn along the imperial highway.
As a child, he was so given to prayer that he would often give up a meal to spend time in church. From an early age he shut himself up first in the cellar of his mother’s house and then in a cave beneath a disused chapel.
Later, for a time, seeking to further escape the world, he sought solitude on a mountain.