Anathalon

Anathalon
Bishop of Milan
ChurchEarly Church (pre-schism)
In officeend 2nd – early 3rd century
PredecessorBarnabas (legendary)
SuccessorCaius
Sainthood
Feast day24 September (Milan: 25 September)
Venerated inCatholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches

Anathalon (Latin: Anatalius, Anatolius, Italian: Anatalone, Anatalo, Anatolio, Byzantine Greek: Ανατόλιος) was the first recorded Bishop of Milan and lived at the end 2nd-century or early 3rd-century. [1] A later tradition made him the also the first bishop of Brescia.[2] He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, which celebrate his feast day on 24 September. In Milan, however, this is commemorated on 25 September.[2][3]

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