Martyr
Neon
A martyr of Antioch under Decius, who suffered with Gerasimus, Justin and others.
Life
Holy Martyr Neon received the martyr's death by the sword. He is commemorated in the Greek calendar on 1 June (new style), together with Gerasimus, Thespesius, Justin, Justus and Firmus, as one of the Ten Thousand Martyrs of Antioch who suffered in the time of Emperor Decius.
The synaxarion says of Neon only that he was beheaded. About the other martyrs of the day and the great number of the martyrs of Antioch, the sources consulted give no details.
Commemorated the same day June 1
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CrescentinusMartyr · Patron of UrbinoJun 1
Proculus of BolognaMartyr · Martyr of BolognaJun 1- WigstanRight-Believing · Prince of MerciaJun 1
Clarus of AlbiSaint · First bishop of AlbiJun 1
Dionysius of GlushitsaVenerable · Icon painter and monastery founderJun 1
Reverianus of AutunHieromartyr · Bishop of AutunJun 1
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