Telemachus | |
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The Martyrdom of Saint Telemachus | |
Hermit and Martyr | |
Born | 3rd century Asia Minor, Eastern Roman Empire |
Died | [1]) Rome, Western Roman Empire (Italy) | 1 January 404 (or 391
Cause of death | Capital punishment (via Stoning) |
Venerated in | Anglicanism Orthodox Church[2] Catholic Church |
Feast | 1 January |
Saint Telemachus (also Almachus[1] or Almachius) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret,[3] tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd. The Christian Emperor Honorius, however, was impressed by the monk's martyrdom and it spurred him to issue a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. Frederick George Holweck gives the year of his death as 391.[4]