Athanasius

Saint Athanasius is commemorated in the Greek synaxarion on 12 January (new style, the calendar of the Church of Greece) in the group of martyrs Tatiana, Euthasia, Mertius, Philotheus, Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Castulius and Peter of Absalom. There Athanasius bears the title of confessor, that is, one who confessed faith in Christ in time of persecution.

The same calendar, on 13 January, also lists an Athanasius the martyr. The sources consulted do not say whether he is the same person, and they give no details of his life or end.