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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Patermuthius of Tyre

Christian of Tyre, martyred for the faith of Christ.

Feast
September 17old style September 30
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Patermuthius of Tyre is commemorated on 30 September together with the Egyptian bishops Pelius and Nilus, the presbyter Zeno, Elias and other martyrs, a hundred and fifty-⁠one in number, who suffered in the time of the emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311). Most were Egyptians, but there were Palestinians among them.

The governor of Palestine, Firmilian, seized a hundred and fifty-⁠six Christians. The holy martyrs had their eyes put out and the sinews of their legs cut, and were subjected to all manner of other torments. A hundred of them were beheaded, and the rest burned. The Azbyka page gives no details of Patermuthius individually.

Saint Patermuthius is commemorated on 30 September, in the new style.

Commemorated the same day September 17