Martyr
Porphyrius
Martyr of Magnesia
A martyr at Magnesia, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Feast
- February 10old style February 23
- Era
- 3rd century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Porphyrius suffered at Magnesia together with Saint Charalampus, in the time of the emperor Septimius Severus, at the beginning of the third century.
The surviving sources mention him only as a companion of Charalampus, bishop of Magnesia. Their commemoration is kept on 10 February in the Menaion calendar; in the Churches that keep the old style the same day falls on 23 February.
Commemorated the same day February 10
ScholasticaVenerable · Sister of BenedictFeb 10
Anna of NovgorodRight-Believing · Wife of Yaroslav the WiseFeb 10
CharalampusHieromartyr · Presbyter of MagnesiaFeb 10
Austrebertha of PavillyVenerable · Abbess of PavillyFeb 10
Joachim of KorsunSaint · First Bishop of NovgorodFeb 10
Prochorus of the Kiev CavesVenerable · Monk of the Kiev CavesFeb 10
German of NovgorodSaint · Bishop of NovgorodFeb 10
Longinus of KoryazhmaVenerable · Founder of Saint Nicholas MonasteryFeb 10- GalinaRighteousFeb 10
Peter GrudinskyHieromartyr · PriestFeb 10- ValentinaMartyrFeb 10
- Airennan of TamhlachtSaintFeb 10