Saturday, January 28, 2012

SAINT SATYRUS


St. Satyrus


Feastday: January 12
Died:  267


A martyr who was supposedly from Arabia and was put to death perhaps in Achaca for destroying a pagan idol in a miraculous fashion..



Satyrus
 Died 267. Saint Satyrus was an Arab by birth, who was martyred in Achaia (or at Antioch) for insulting an idol. Another version says that the idol fell to the ground when Satyrus made the Sign of the Cross over it (Benedictines).

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