Saint Tryphon | |
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Great martyr, Holy unmercenary | |
Born | Campsada, Phrygia (now Turkey) |
Died | 250 AD Nicaea (modern-day Iznik, Bursa, Turkey) |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church |
Major shrine | Cathedral of Saint Tryphon in Kotor |
Feast | 1 February [O.S. 14 February] in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox calendars 10 November (formerly in the Roman Catholic Church); |
Attributes | falcon |
Patronage | gardeners and winegrowers; Kotor, Montenegro; Moscow, Russia; invoked against rodents and locusts |
Saint Tryphon of Campsada (Greek: Τρύφων; also spelled Trypho, Trifon, Triphon) was a 3rd-century Christian saint. He is venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches as a great martyr and holy unmercenary.
Saint Tryphon was formerly celebrated jointly with Saints Respicius and Nympha on 10 November in the liturgical calendar of the Latin Church from the eleventh century until the twentieth,[1] and remains on the liturgical calendar of the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. Saint Tryphon continues to be celebrated (separately) on 1 February [O.S. 14 February] on both the Orthodox liturgical calendar and the Roman Calendar of Saints.