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Martyrdom of
Pionius (Gr****: Πιόνιος) is an
account dating from
about 250 AD to 300 AD of the
martyrdom of a
Christian from
Smyrna named Pionius. It is also...
- city and the new city
refounded by Alexander. The
martyrology Acts of
Pionius, set in the "Decian ****cution" of AD 250–51,
mentions a
lapsed Smyrnan...
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tried and executed, as were
certain members of the
Christian laity, like
Pionius of Smyrna.
Origen was
tortured during the ****cution and died
about a...
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succeeded by Camerius,
Smyrna was also the
place of
martyrdom of
Saint Pionius,
during the
reign of Decius.
Already from the
early Christian years Smyrna...
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congregation of
Smyrna concerning the
martyrdom of Polycarp; the
martyrdom of
Pionius; the
martyrdoms of Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonike; the
martyrdoms in the...
- in 325;
Niconius in 344; Sylv**** at the
beginning of the 5th century;
Pionius in 451; Leo in 787; Peter,
friend of the
Patriarch Ignatius, and adversary...
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Phrynichus Arabius. He also
features in the
story of the
martyrdom of
Pionius, as one of
Pionius's questioners. When he died, he was
honored as an
extremely prominent...
- and Jerome,
martyred in Smyrna. The Life of Polycarp,
attributed to St.
Pionius,
lists Thraseas of Eumenia, as a
martyr who was
buried at Smyrna. Mention...
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Imperial period. The "lawless" Politta, who
appears in the
Martyrdom of
Pionius,
owned estates in the
province of Asia.
Inscriptions record her generosity...
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saint and
martyr Asclepiades (fl. c. 250),
Christian saint and
martyr (see
Pionius)
Asclepiades of Tralles, 5th
century Christian bishop Asclepiad (disambiguation)...
