Saint
Asterius of Pontus
A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 18 January; few details survive.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Feast
- January 18old style January 31
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Pontus
Life
The name Asterius of Pontus appears in the martyrology attributed to Saint Jerome, on 18 January, in a list of names linked with Pontus. No other details have survived. He is counted among the saints of the undivided Church; the source shows no synodal canonization.
Commemorated the same day January 18
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Prisca of RomeMartyrJan 18
Maximus BrankovićSaint · Archbishop of SerbiaJan 18
Aleksi ShushaniaVenerable · Georgian archimandriteJan 18_(14776679962).jpg)
Marcian the MonkVenerable · Hermit of SyriaJan 18
Joachim I of BulgariaSaint · Patriarch of BulgariaJan 18.jpg)
Christopher PapoulakosVenerable · Monk and itinerant preacherJan 18
Alexander RusinovHieromartyr · ArchpriestJan 18
Ephrem the LesserVenerable · Georgian monk at AntiochJan 18- Michael KargopolovHieromartyr · PriestJan 18
- Nicholas KrasovskyHieromartyr · PriestJan 18