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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Asterius of Caesarea

Roman senator

Roman senator who gave a Christian burial to the soldier Marinus, was then condemned and beheaded.

Feast
March 3old style March 16
Reposed
2623rd century
Place
Caesarea Maritima
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Asterius of Caesarea was a Roman senator at Caesarea of Palestine in the third century and died around the year 262. He is known from Eusebius' account of the martyrdom of the soldier Marinus.

When Marinus was beheaded for his faith, Asterius, who was close to the emperors, took the body on his own robe and buried it with honour. This act brought him to trial; condemned to death, he was beheaded.

Asterius is commemorated on 7 August in the Orthodox synaxaria, and the Roman Martyrology has him, together with Marinus, on 3 March.

Commemorated the same day March 3