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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Dasius

A saint honored in the West, of whom little is known.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
November 20old style December 3
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Dasius was a martyr at Durostorum in the Roman province of Moesia, for refusing to take part in the pagan festival of the Saturnalia; the witness to his death comes from an early Passio. Tomb inscriptions from antiquity survive at Ancona. He is commemorated on 20 November. The date of his death is not known. The date follows the Western calendar (new style).

Commemorated the same day November 20