Saint Spyridon also sometimes written Saint Spiridon (Greek Ἃγιος Σπυρίδων ca. 270–348) is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Spyridon was born in Asha, in Cyprus. He worked as a shepherd and was known for his great piety. He married and had one daughter, Irene. Upon the death of his wife, Spyridon entered a monastery, and their daughter, a convent. When, in 1453, Constantinople fell to the Turks, Spyridon's relics were removed again; this time, to the island of Corfu by a Corfiote monk called Kalohairetis (Καλοχαιρέτης), where they remain to this day.