Our Righteous Father Samson the Hospitable.
Saint Samson was from Rome and flourished during the reign of Saint Justinian the Great. Being a physician, he came to Constantinople, where he so distinguished himself for his virtue and his love for the sick and the poor that Patriarch Menas ordained him priest. The Emperor Justinian was healed by him, and out of gratitude built him a large hospital, which was afterwards known as “The Hospice of Samson.” Saint Samson is one of the Holy Unmercenaries.
The above account is taken from the Great Horologion,
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