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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Anathalon of Milan

Bishop of Milan

Held by tradition to be the first Bishop of Milan.

Feast
September 24old style October 7
Reposed
3001st century
Place
Milan
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Saint Anathalon of Milan is held to be the first Bishop of Milan in Italy. According to tradition he was a disciple of the Holy Apostle Barnabas, who sent him there; he preached Christ in Milan and the surrounding country, including Brescia, where he also reposed. Historians place him rather at the end of the second century or the beginning of the third.

He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 24 September (new style, Western calendar); in Milan he is kept on 25 September.

Commemorated the same day September 24