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Saint Timolaus of Pontus

Martyr
Pontus and Caesarea in Palestine
Feast day: March 15

Group icon of the eight martyrs of Caesarea: Agapius, Publius, Timolaus, Romulus, two Alexanders and two Dionysiuses. Image source: Holy Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle — Iconological Synaxarion

A life of faith

Timolaus was from Pontus. At Caesarea in Palestine he joined other young Christians in publicly confessing their faith before the governor Urban. They were imprisoned during Diocletian’s persecution and faced repeated demands to abandon Christianity. Timolaus is commemorated among the martyrs who were beheaded.

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