Autonomus

Saint Autonomus
Bishop and Martyr
Born	unknown Italy
Died	c. 313 Asia Minor
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	12 September

"Autonomus" is a frequent misspelling of "autonomous".

Saint Autonomus (died 313) is a martyr saint. He is said to have been an Italian bishop who escaped the persecution of Diocletian by migrating to Bithynia in Asia Minor. He evangelized the region, served as first bishop of Bolu (Bithnynium), and was subsequently martyred.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, his feast day is celebrated on September 12.

External links

• Autonomus

Further reading

• Clive Foss, "St. Autonomus and His Church in Bithynia," Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 41, Studies on Art and Archeology in Honor of Ernst Kitzinger on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday (1987), pp. 187–198.