Martyr
Glycerius
Deacon of Antioch
A deacon and martyr of Antioch in Syria, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
- Feast
- January 14old style January 27
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Antioch, Syria
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Glycerius was a deacon of Antioch and a martyr, a saint of the undivided Church, who died around 300.
Little is known of him: he was a deacon, suffered at Antioch in Syria and was beheaded. According to later sources he was tortured seven times and then thrown into prison. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 14 January, and the old martyrology had him on 7 January. The Syriac Martyrology of 411 commemorates him on 14 January as a deacon at Nicomedia, and the Latin Hieronymian Martyrology at Antioch.
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