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Martyr

Mildas

A martyr commemorated with Saint Pelagia of Tarsus and those who suffered at Scythopolis.

Feast
May 4old style May 17
Era
3rd century
Place
Tarsus
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Mildas the Martyr is commemorated on 4 May (new style, the calendar of the Church of Greece) in the group of the martyrs Aphrodisius, Antoninus, Antonius, Leontius, Macrobius, Mildas and Valerian, whose names are given by the Greek list, together with the multitude of saints who suffered with them at Scythopolis, in Syria (Palestine). They are commemorated on the day of the holy Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus, listed in the same line.

The sources consulted give no other details about his life or the manner of his death.

Commemorated the same day May 4