Saint Anthimus of Nicomedia | |
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| Bishop of Nicomedia and Hieromartyr | |
| Died | ~303 or 311-12 AD Nicomedia (modern-day İzmit, Turkey) |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Feast | 3 September (Eastern Orthodox) 27 April (Roman Catholic) |
Anthimus of Nicomedia (Greek: Ἄνθιμος Νικομηδείας; martyred 303 or 311–12), was the bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia, where he was beheaded during a persecution of Christians, traditionally placed under Diocletian (following Eusebius), in which "rivers of blood" flowed.[1]