Sagaris of Laodicea

Saint Sagaris, hieromartyr, was bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia in the second century and died a martyr in the time of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, in the year 170 or 175. He is commemorated on 6 October.

According to tradition, he was a disciple of the holy apostle Paul. It is known with certainty that he was bishop of Laodicea. In the disputes of his time over the day on which Pascha should be kept, Sagaris took the side of the Quartodecimans, who kept Pascha on the fourteenth day of the Jewish month. Saint Polycrates of Ephesus cited him for just this reason.

He suffered martyrdom at Laodicea. His death stirred up a quarrel among the Christians of Asia Minor over Pascha. The Catholic Church also commemorates him on 6 October.