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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Emeritus of Abitina

One of the 49 martyrs of Abitina in North Africa, put to death in 304.

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Feast
February 12old style February 25
Reposed
3044th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Emeritus of Abitina was a reader (lector) and one of the 49 martyrs of Abitina in North Africa. At the trial at Carthage on 12 February 304 he declared that the assembly had met in his house. Asked why he had broken the emperor's order, he answered: “Sine dominico non possumus”, we cannot live without the thing of the Lord, the Eucharist. He is commemorated on 12 February. The date follows the Western calendar (new style).

Commemorated the same day February 12