Thursday, March 16, 2017

Little known Saint from Turkey

St. Julian of Antioch


Image of St. Julian of Antioch

Facts

Feastday: March 16
Death: ~305


Martyr praised by St. John Chrysostom when his remains were enshrined in Antioch. He was born in Anazarbus, Cilicia, in modern Turkey, and was arrested as a Christian of senatorial rank. For a year Julian was put on display in cities all over Cilicia. He was then sewn into a sack filled with vipers and scorpions and hurled into

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