Antoninus

Holy Martyr Antoninus is a confessor of Christ from the early centuries of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar on 9 August (new style). The place and time of his suffering are not known from the sources consulted, so the Church keeps chiefly his name and memory as a martyr who accepted death for the faith. As with many martyrs of the early centuries, the Church does not keep a detailed account of his suffering, only his remembrance in the prayers of the day and in the calendar. The name Antoninus is a Roman family name, borne by several saints.