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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Callinicus of Jerusalem

Martyr of Jerusalem, remembered in the early martyrologies.

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Feast
November 6old style November 19
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Callinicus of Jerusalem was a soldier and martyr, the leader of a group of soldiers remembered at Jerusalem, among them Imerius, Theodore, Stephen, Peter, Paul and John. Arrested during the Saracen occupation of Gaza, they confessed their faith, urged on by Bishop Sophronius. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 6 November (Gregorian calendar), among the saints of the undivided Church.

Commemorated the same day November 6