Martyr
Demetrion
A martyr honoured in the Greek synaxarion.
Life
Holy Martyr Demetrion died pierced by arrows, as the verse of the synaxarion shows.
In the calendar he is commemorated on 6 May together with the martyrs Barbarus, Danax, Donatus, Therinus and Mesirus. No other details of his life, or of the place and time of his confession, are preserved. His commemoration follows the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
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