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Saint Birillus
Bishop of Catania
Died90
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Feast21 March

Birillus (died 90 AD) of Antioch was an early Christian saint. He was ordained to the priesthood by Saint Peter and became the first evangelizer and the first bishop of Catania in Sicily.[1]

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