Wednesday, March 14, 2012

SAINT THYRSUS, SAINT LEUCIUS AND CALLINICUS


St. Thyrsus, Leucius, & Callinicus



Feast day: January 28
Died: 251


Three martyrs, slain at Apollonia, Phrygia (modern Turkey). Their relics were believed to have been taken to Constantinople and then to Spain,

 Their relics were brought to Constantinople, then to Spain and France. For this reason, Saint Thyrsus had a full office in the Mozarabic liturgy, and he is also patron of the ancient cathedral of Sisteron in the Basses Alpes, France

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