Saint Phosterius the Hermit was a 7th-century Anatolian Christian hermit. He is commemorated on January 5/18,"Orthodox Calendar", Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, Baltimore, Maryland in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches.

Tradition says that he dwelt on a high mountain most likely in the wilderness of modern-day Turkey and was fed by an angel."Venerable Phosterius the Hermit", OCA

Phosterius gained renown amongst his contemporaries during the Iconoclastic Controversy in the seventh century. Due to the testimony to the truth of the Christian faith given by the witness of his holy life many people left the heresy of Iconoclasm. Holweck says "[h]is story, may, however, be fictitious."Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints, B. Herder, 1924, p. 816

See also Christian monasticism Stylites

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External links Orthodox Church in America