Asclepiades of Antioch

Saint Asclepiades
Patriarch of Antioch, Confessor and Martyr
Died 217
Venerated in Roman 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. Given the title of martyr, due to the trials he endured, during Roman persecution.[1]

See Also

References

  1. St. Asclepiades Catholic Online
Titles of the Great Christian Church
Preceded by
Serapion
Patriarch of Antioch
211–217
Succeeded by
Philetus


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