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Martyr

Hypatius of the Thebaid

A martyr of the Thebaid in Egypt, commemorated by the undivided Church.

Feast
December 14old style December 27
Era
unknown
Place
Thebaid, Egypt
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Hypatius of the Thebaid is unknown to the Synaxaristes of Saint Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain and to the printed Menaia. His memory is found in Paris Codex 1590, together with that of Philemon and Apollonius, and he was one of the thirty-⁠six martyrs of the Thebaid in Egypt, put to death under the governor Arrianus.

He is commemorated on 14 December, by the church calendar of the Church of Greece, together with the other thirty-⁠six martyrs.

Commemorated the same day December 14