Martyr
Philotheus
A martyr of Antioch, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- January 12old style January 25
- Era
- 4th century
- Place
- Antioch
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Philotheus suffered at Antioch in the fourth century. He is commemorated on 12 January (new style) in the Greek synaxarion, in a company of martyrs that includes Tatiana, Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Castulius and Peter Abselamus.
No other details of his life or of the manner of his martyrdom have survived in the source consulted.
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