Saint Maximinus of Antioch

Memorial

• 25 January

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Member of the imperial guard of Julian the Apostate. When Julian issued orders prohibiting the veneration of the relics of saints, Maximinus and Saint Juventius protested; they were arrested, scourged, and martyred. Saint John Chrysostom wrote their eulogy.

Died

• beheaded in 363 at Antioch, Syria

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maximinus of Antioch“. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 January 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>