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Martyr

Macarius

Martyr of Lyon

A martyr at Lyon, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.

Feast
June 2old style June 15
Era
2nd century
Place
Lyon
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Macarius, Martyr, is counted among the martyrs of Lyon, put to death for Christ in the persecution of the year 177, in the time of the emperor Marcus Aurelius. His name stands in the list of the forty-⁠eight martyrs of Lyon commemorated on 2 June, headed by Bishop Pothinus and the slave Blandina; some died in prison, others in the arena, killed by beasts or by the sword, before the crowd. The sources consulted preserve no other details about him. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

Commemorated the same day June 2