June 27th

Saint Samson

Saint · Common of Priests · Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey

At Constantinople, Saint Samson, priest and host of the poor, who is said to have founded a hospital at the urging of the emperor Justinian, whom he had healed of an illness.

Latin Original

— Constantinópoli, sancti Samsónis, presbyteri, páuperum receptóris, qui valetudinárium fertur excitásse hortátu Iustiniáni imperatóris, quem a morbo sanáverat.