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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. He was given the title of martyr, due to the trials he endured during Roman persecution.



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