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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Tyrannion

Bishop of Tyre

Bishop of Tyre, martyred at Antioch in 311, named by Eusebius and commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.

Feast
February 20old style March 5
Reposed
3114th century
Place
Tyre, Phoenicia (suffered at Antioch)
Order
Martyrs

Life

Tyrannion was bishop of Tyre in Phoenicia and a martyr, thrown into the sea at Antioch in 311, in the time of the persecution of Diocletian and his successors.

Eusebius of Caesarea names him among the most distinguished martyrs of Phoenicia, devoted pastors of the flock of Christ: Tyrannion, bishop of the church of Tyre, Zenobius, a presbyter of Sidon, and Silvanus, bishop of the churches about Emesa. Silvanus was given to wild beasts at Emesa, while the other two "glorified the word of God at Antioch through patience unto death". The bishop was thrown into the depths of the sea. He is commemorated on 20 February.

Commemorated the same day February 20