Saint Julian of Antioch | |
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Martyr | |
Died | ~305 AD |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | June 21 (Eastern Orthodox); March 16 (Roman Catholicism) |
Attributes | portrayed as being cast into the sea in a sack full of serpents and scorpions. He may also be shown as his coffin floats with four angels seated on it, or being led bound on a dromedary. |
Julian of Antioch (Latin: Julianus, Greek: Ίουλιανός; d. AD 305 x 311),[1] variously distinguished as Julian the Martyr, Julian of Tarsus, Julian of Cilicia, and Julian of Anazarbus, was a 4th-century Christian martyr and saint. He is sometimes confused with the St Julian who was martyred with his wife Basilissa.