Martyr

Papas of Lycaonia

A saint honored in Lycaonia, of whom little is known.

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Era: unknown
Order: Martyrs

Life

Papas of Lycaonia suffered in the city of Laranda (Asia Minor), in the reign of the emperor Maximian. He was tried and tortured for his faith in Christ, dragged in shoes studded with sharp nails toward Diocaesarea, and then tied to a dry tree, where he died. The tree is said to have borne fruit afterward. He is venerated in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.