Babylas | |
|---|---|
 "San Babila and the three little martyrs", Museo del Duomo di Milano | |
| Died | 253 |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Cremona, Italy |
| Feast | Eastern Orthodox Church and Armenian Apostolic Church, September 4[1] Roman Catholic, January 24 |
Babylas (Greek: Βαβύλας, from Syriac: ܒܐܒܘܠܐ, romanized: Babūla; Arabic: بابل; died 253) was a Syrian patriarch of Antioch (237–253), who died in prison during the Decian persecution.[2] In the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine rite his feast day is September 4, in the Roman Rite, January 24. He has the distinction of being the first saint recorded as having had his remains moved or "translated" for religious purposes; a practice that was to become extremely common in later centuries.[3]
- ^ Curtin, D. P. (October 2018). The Armenian Synaxarium- Volume I. Dalcassian Press. ISBN 9781088279311.
- ^ According to Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica, VI, 39.
- ^ Eduard Syndicus; Early Christian Art; p. 73; Burns & Oates, London, 1962