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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Marcellus of Chalon

A priest of Lyon, buried to the waist on the bank of the Saône at Chalon, where he died after three days, around 178.

Feast
September 4old style September 17
Reposed
1772nd century
Place
Lyons
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Marcellus of Chalon was a priest at Lyon in Gaul and suffered in the time of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, around the year 177. He escaped from prison but was seized again and was buried up to his waist on the bank of the Saône at Chalon. He lived on in this state for three days and then died.

He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 4 September (new style, Western calendar). He is not to be confused with Saint Marcellus of Trier, remembered on the same day.

Commemorated the same day September 4