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Martyr

Pistius

Martyr of Edessa, remembered in the early martyrologies.

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Feast
August 21old style September 3
Era
unknown
Place
Edessa
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Pistius suffered martyrdom at Edessa in Syria, a son of Saint Bassa of Edessa and a brother of Theognius and Agapius. He is a saint of the undivided Church, named in the Roman Martyrology on 21 August (Gregorian calendar).

Commemorated the same day August 21