Martyr
Antoninus of Syria
Saint of Syria, venerated in the early Church.
- Feast
- February 23old style March 8
- Era
- 5th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Antoninus of Syria suffered in Syria, by some accounts in the year 303, in the persecution of Diocletian. He is commemorated on 23 February in the calendars of the Church. The sources at hand give no further details of his life and death.
Commemorated the same day February 23
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Alexander the UnsleepingVenerable · Founder of the Unsleeping OnesFeb 23
GorgoniaRighteous · Sister of Gregory the TheologianFeb 23
John TheristisVenerable · Monk in CalabriaFeb 23
PolychroniusSaint · Bishop of BabylonFeb 23- John, Antiochus, Antoninus and MosesVenerable · Syrian hermitsFeb 23
- Polycarp of BryanskVenerable · Founder of the Transfiguration MonasteryFeb 23
- ZebinasVenerable · Syrian hermitFeb 23
- PolychroniusVenerable · Hermit of SyriaFeb 23
- 73 MartyrsHoly MartyrsFeb 23