Martyr
Pantoleon of Thrace
Christian of Thrace, martyred for the faith of Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Pantoleon of Thrace is commemorated on 2 September with the presbyter Severus, the centurion Memnon and thirty-six other martyrs who suffered at Philippopolis in Thrace in the year 304, in the time of Diocletian. The Azbyka page tells only their end: their hands and feet were cut off, and they were thrown into a burning furnace.
He is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Commemorated the same day August 20
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Peter PähkelConfessor · Bishop of Petseri and TartuAug 20- Heliodorus of Bet ZabdaiHieromartyr · Bishop of Bet ZabdaiAug 20
- 37 Martyrs of PlovdivHoly MartyrsAug 20
- 37 Venerable Martyrs of BizyeHoly Venerable MartyrsAug 20
- Achilles of ThraceMartyrAug 20
- Agathon of ThraceMartyrAug 20
- Alexander GadalinNew MartyrAug 20
- Alexander MalinovskyHieromartyrAug 20