Martyr
Cosconius of Nicaea
Martyr of Nicaea, remembered in the early martyrologies.
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- Feast
- January 18old style January 31
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Cosconius of Nicaea received the crown of martyrdom at Nicaea in Bithynia, together with Zeno and Melanippus. He is commemorated on 18 January by the Roman calendar (new style). The sources keep only the name and the place; the year is not known.
Commemorated the same day January 18
Athanasius the GreatSaint · Patriarch of AlexandriaJan 18
Cyril of AlexandriaSaint · Patriarch of AlexandriaJan 18
Prisca of RomeMartyrJan 18Maximus BrankovićSaint · Archbishop of SerbiaJan 18
Aleksi ShushaniaVenerable · Georgian archimandriteJan 18
Marcian the MonkVenerable · Hermit of SyriaJan 18
Joachim I of BulgariaSaint · Patriarch of BulgariaJan 18
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