Telemachus | |
|---|---|
 The Martyrdom of Saint Telemachus | |
| Hermit and Martyr | |
| Born | 3rd century Asia Minor, Eastern Roman Empire |
| Died | 1 January 404 (or 391[1]) Rome, Western Roman Empire (Italy) |
| Cause of death | Capital punishment (via stoning) |
| Venerated in | Anglicanism Orthodox Church[2] Catholic Church |
| Feast | 1 January |
Saint Telemachus (also Almachus[1] or Almachius) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret,[3] tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd. The Christian Emperor Honorius, however, was impressed by the monk's martyrdom and it spurred him to issue a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. Frederick George Holweck gives the year of his death as 391.[4]
- ^ a b Jones, Terry. "Telemachus". Patron Saints Index. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
- ^ A Western Rite Orthodox Martyrology, p. 8. https://www.stgregoryoc.org/publications/
- ^ Theodoret (1843). Honorius the Emperor, and the Monk Telemachus. Ecclesiastical History. Vol. 26. London, UK: Samuel Bagster and Sons. pp. 326–327. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ Holweck, F. G., A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints (St Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1924) p. 51