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Hieromartyr

Anthony

A priest martyred together with Saint Terence, Bishop of Iconium.

Feast
June 21old style July 4
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Anthony was a priest and was martyred together with Bishop Terence of Iconium. Saint Terence was bishop of Iconium in the first century and died as a martyr, thrown into thorns. In the Greek calendar he is commemorated on 21 June (new style) together with the priest Anthony and with Anastasius, Celsius and Basilissa, who suffered with him.

About Anthony the sources consulted contain no further details: neither the place where he served nor the manner of his own death.

Commemorated the same day June 21