Martyr
Papias
A martyr honored in Western calendars, died around 303; few details survive.
Life
Papias is a martyr of the time of Diocletian, around the year 303, possibly in Sicily. He is remembered on 28 June in the Western calendar (new style).
Nothing else is known about him. He is honoured as a saint of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.
Commemorated the same day June 28
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Paul I of RomeSaint · Bishop of RomeJun 28
Sergius of ValaamVenerable · Founder of Valaam MonasteryJun 28_M%C3%A9tropole_Saint-Pierre_-_Int%C3%A9rieur_-_Procession_des_saints_de_Bretagne_-_Saint_M%C3%A9en_et_Saint_Austol.jpg)
AustolSaint · Cornish saint in BrittanyJun 28
Xenophon of RobeikaVenerable · Russian monkJun 28- Sergios NiketiatesRight-Believing · Byzantine officialJun 28
- Sergius and Herman of ValaamHoly Venerables · Founders of Valaam MonasteryJun 28
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- Paraskeva of ToplovkaVenerable · Abbess of Toplovsky ConventJun 28
- Budimir SokolovićNew MartyrJun 28
- Gregory SamarinHieromartyr · PriestJun 28
- 70 Martyrs of ScythopolisHoly MartyrsJun 28
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