Saint Antipas of Pergamon

Also known as

• Antipas of Pergamum
• Antipas of Pérgamo

Memorial

• 11 April

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint John the Apostle. Bishop of Pergamum during the persecutions of emperor Domitian. Martyr. Mentioned in the canonical Book of Revelations.

Died

• roasted to death in a bronze bull in c.92 at Pergamum, Greece (an area in modern Turkey)
• his tomb became a site of miracles

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• For All The Saints
• Kirken i Norge
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

Readings

I know that you live where Satan’s throne is, and yet you hold fast to my name and have not denied your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was martyred among you, where Satan lives. - Revelations 2:13

MLA Citation

• “Saint Antipas of Pergamon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-antipas-of-pergamon/>