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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Dius of Caesarea

Presbyter of Caesarea in Cappadocia

A presbyter and martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.

Feast
June 11old style June 24
Era
unknown
Place
Caesarea in Cappadocia
Order
Martyrs

Life

Dius of Caesarea was a presbyter and martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia, a saint of the undivided Church.

The Syriac Martyrology of 411 names him twice in July, by the Julian calendar (old style): on 11 July as a martyr and on 12 July as a presbyter, in the same city. The Latin Hieronymian Martyrology names him on 12 July. No other account of his life or death survives.

Commemorated the same day June 11