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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Zoilus of Lystra

A martyr of Lystra in Lycaonia, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.

Feast
May 23old style June 5
Era
unknown
Place
Lystra
Order
Martyrs

Life

Zoilus of Lystra was a martyr at Lystra, a city of Lycaonia mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, a saint of the undivided Church.

The Syriac Martyrology of 411 commemorates him on 23 May, by the Julian calendar (old style), "at Lystra", and the Latin Hieronymian Martyrology places him in a city with a similar name. No other account of his life or death survives.

Commemorated the same day May 23