Martyr
Protus
A martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.
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- Feast
- September 11old style September 24
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Protus was a martyr, commemorated on 11 September together with Hyacinth. Tradition makes them brothers and servants of Saint Eugenia; they suffered under the emperor Valerian, about 257, and were buried in the cemetery of Basilla on the Via Salaria at Rome. The earliest record of their feast dates from the year 354. The date follows the Western calendar (new style).
Commemorated the same day September 11
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Theodora of AlexandriaVenerable · Of AlexandriaSep 11
Deiniol of BangorSaint · First Bishop of BangorSep 11
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Herman of ValaamVenerable · Co-founder of Valaam MonasterySep 11
Sacerdos of LyonSaint · Archbishop of LyonSep 11Three Hundred AragviansHoly Martyrs · Georgian soldiers of the Aragvi valleySep 11
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