New Martyr
John Stamatelopoulos
A child new martyr, killed for the faith in 1816 at the age of eleven.
- Reposed
- 181619th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy New Martyr John Stamatelopoulos (also called John the Child) was born in 1805 and was killed for the faith on 16 October 1816, at the age of eleven. He is one of the new martyrs who suffered under Ottoman rule. Our sources do not tell the circumstances of his martyrdom or the place.