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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