Saint Philemon of Antinoë

Memorial

• 8 March
• 14 December (Orthodox)

Profile

Actor and musician. Convert. Ordered to sacrifice to idols during the persecutions of Diocletian, he confessed that he was a Christian. Tortured and executed. Marytr.

Died

• bound hand and foot, then drowned c.305
• when his body washed up, it was hung in a tree and used by archers for target practice

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• converts
• dancers

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Orthodox Church in America
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Philemon of Antinoë“. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 March 2013. Web. 18 June 2013. <>