Saint Theodore Stratelates

Also known as

• Theodore the General
• Theodore Tyro
• Theodore the Recruit
• Theodore Tiro
• Theodor Tiro of Euchaïta
• Theodore of Amasea
• Theodore Teron
• Theodorus of Heraclea

Memorial

• 7 February as Theodore Stratelates
• 16 February as Theodore Tyro
• 17 February Orthodox Calendar
• 27 July on Korcula, Greece
• 9 November as Theodor Tiro of Euchaïta

Profile

Roman general (stratelates) and covert Christian during a time of persecution. Exposed as a Christian, a military tribunal decided he was a good soldier who had made a mistake, told him to reconsider, and set him free; he promptly burned down a pagan temple. Arrested again, he was ordered to apostatize, then tortured by having his flesh torn off; he responded by reciting the Psalms. Martyr.

Saint Theodore Tyro is almost certainly the same person as Theodore Statelates. The Tyro story describes the soldier as a recruit, the feast day is 9 November, and the region is slightly different, but the story is the same.

Died

• martyred 319 at Heraclea, Thrace

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Brindisi, Italy
• recovery of lost articles
• soldiers

Representation

• crocodile
• crown of thorns
• martyr‘s wreath
• palm
• pyre
• soldier
• spear
• temple
• torch

Images

• Gallery of images of Saint Theodore

Additional Information

• Armenian Passion of Saint Theodore the General
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Coptic Passion of Saint Theodore the General and Saint Theodore the Eastern
• In Praise of Blessed Theodore the Great Martyr, by Saint Gregory of Nyssa
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Passion of Saint Theodore the Recruit
• Passion of Saint Theodore the Recruit
• Saint Theodore Greek Orthodox Church, Lanham, Maryland, USA
• Sources for Cult of Saint Theodore
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Theodore Stratelates“. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 April 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>