Holy Martyrs
Athanasius, Anthusa and Their Companions
Martyrs at Tarsus, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
Life
Saints Athanasius, Anthusa and Their Companions, Martyrs, suffered at Tarsus in Cilicia, in the time of the emperor Valerian. The Roman Martyrology commemorates them on 27 August: Athanasius, bishop and martyr, Anthusa, a noble woman whom he had baptized, and two of her slaves. They are saints of the undivided Church. The sources consulted give no other details.
Commemorated the same day August 27
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