Procopius of Scythopolis


Procopius of Scythopolis
Icon of Saint Procopius, 1816
Niš, Serbia
Great Martyr
Born3rd century
Jerusalem
Died7 July AD 303
Caesarea Maritima
Venerated inRoman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Lutheranism
Anglicanism
Feast8 July
22 November (only Orthodoxy)[1][2]

Procopius of Scythopolis (Greek: Προκόπιος ὁ Σκυθοπολίτης; died 7 July AD 303) was a 4th century martyr who is venerated as a saint. He was a reader and exorcist in the church at Scythopolis; he also was famous as an ascetic and erudite theologian.[1][2] Eusebius of Caesarea wrote of his martyrdom, which occurred during the persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian, and stated that "he was born at Jerusalem, but had gone to live in Scythopolis, where he held three ecclesiastical offices. He was reader and interpreter in the Syriac language, and cured those possessed of evil spirits."[3] Eusebius wrote that Procopius was sent with his companions from Scythopolis to Caesarea Maritima, where he was decapitated.

  1. ^ a b Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Προκόπιος ὁ Παλαιστίνιος. 22 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  2. ^ a b Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea, in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  3. ^ Saints of July 8 Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine