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Asclepiades of Antioch

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Saint Asclepiades
Patriarch of Antioch, Confessor and Martyr
Died217
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedPre-congregation
Feast18 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 Patriarch of Antioch
211–217
Succeeded by