Antipas of Pergamum

Antipas being roasted alive in a copper

steer
Martyr and Bishop
Born unknown
Died reputedly ca. 92
Pergamon, Asia Minor
Honored in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Christianity
Feast
11 April
[1]
Patronage
against toothache
[2]
Antipas of Pergamum
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For other uses, see Antipas (disambiguation).
Many Christian traditions believe Saint
Antipas to be the Antipas referred to in
the Book of Revelation (Revelation 2:13)
as the "faithful martyr" of Pergamon,
"where Satan dwells". According to
Christian tradition, John the Apostle
ordained Antipas as bishop of Pergamon
during the reign of the Roman emperor
Domitian. The traditional account goes on
to say Antipas was martyred in ca. 92 AD
by burning in a brazen bull-shaped altar
used for casting out demons worshiped by
the local population.
There is a tradition of oil ("manna of the
saints") being secreted from the relics of
Saint Antipas.
[3]
On the calendars of
Eastern Christianity, the feast day of
Antipas is April 11.
Some Christians pray to this saint for
ailments of the teeth.
See also
Book of Revelation
Saint John the Evangelist
Pergamon, Turkey
References
^ "St Antipas of Pergamon" (http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/antipas.html).
Retrieved 2007-12-21.
1.
^ James, M. R. (1898). "Antipas" (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/hastings/dictv1
/Page_107.html). In James Hastings. A Dictionary of the Bible I. pp. page 107.
"According to one form of his Acts (quoted by the Bollandists from a Synoxarion), he
prayed that those suering from toothache might be relieved at his tomb."
2.
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^ From "Oil of Saints" (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11228d.htm) in Catholic
Encyclopedia: "Following is a list of other saints from whose relics or sepulchres oil is
said to have owed at certain times: 1) St. Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum, martyred
under Emperor Domitian ("Acta SS.," April, II, 4)." Retrieved January 18, 2007.
3.
External links
A 19th-century icon of Saint Antipas, with brief hagiography
(http://sacredartgallery.com/catalog/icons44_45.htm)
Saint Antipas in Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
(http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/saints.asp?contentid=15)
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