Hieromartyr
Jeroen of Noordwijk
A missionary priest slain by the Vikings at Noordwijk in Holland in 857.
Life
Jeroen of Noordwijk was a missionary hieromonk, slain by the Vikings at Noordwijk in Holland in the year 857. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 17 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 30 August of the civil calendar. We have no further details of his life.
Commemorated the same day August 17
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