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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Severianus

Bishop honored as a saint, who reposed in 453; the sources here say no more.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
February 21old style March 6
Reposed
4535th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Severianus was bishop of Scythopolis in Palestine and metropolitan of the province of Palestine II. He signed the Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon (451). He died in late 452 or early 453, killed because he had imposed the Chalcedonian faith among the Christians of Palestine, in the unrest stirred by the Definition. According to Alban Butler, the Eutychian monk Theodosius, backed by the empress Eudoxia, turned many monks away, while Saint Euthymius had received the council. He is commemorated on 21 February.

Commemorated the same day February 21