Martyr
Olympiades of Amelia
A martyr of Amelia in Umbria, put to death around 303.
- Feast
- December 1old style December 14
- Reposed
- 3034th century
- Place
- Amelia
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Olympiades of Amelia was, according to tradition, a Roman nobleman, a former consul, who was martyred at Amelia in Italy in the time of the Emperor Diocletian, around 303.
The sources do not recount further details. His name is sometimes written Olympias. He is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 1 December (New Calendar).
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