Asclepiades of Antioch
Saint Asclepiades | |
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Patriarch of Antioch, Confessor and Martyr | |
Died | 217 |
Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | Pre-congregation |
Feast | 18 October |
Asclepiades of Antioch (Greek: Ἀσκληπιάδης) was Patriarch of Antioch and martyr. He succeeded Serapion as Patriarch of Antioch in 211. He was given the title of martyr, due to the trials he endured during Roman persecution.[1]
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- ^ St. Asclepiades Catholic Online
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- 217 deaths
- Syrian Christian saints
- 3rd-century Christian martyrs
- 3rd-century archbishops
- Patriarchs of Antioch
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