Saint
Philemon
Bishop of Karpathos
A hierarch of the island of Karpathos, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Feast
- January 24old style February 6
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Karpathos
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Holy Hierarch Philemon was bishop of the island of Karpathos. He is commemorated on 24 January (new style) in the Greek synaxarion, alongside Hermogenes.
His name appears in codex Patmos 266, without a biographical notice. No other details of his episcopal service have survived in the sources consulted.
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