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Martyr

Ares

Martyr of Ascalon

A martyr at Ascalon, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.

Feast
December 14old style December 27
Era
3rd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Ares, Martyr, suffered at Ascalon, in the time of the emperor Maximinus, and is called in the sources consulted an Egyptian martyr. He is remembered in the ancient martyrologies on 14 December, by the Western calendar. No other details about his life and death are found.

Commemorated the same day December 14