Saint Thyrsus of Apollonia

Memorial

• 28 January

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Martyred in the persecutions of Decius. No other information has survived.

Died

• 251 at Apollonia, Phrygia (modern Turkey)
• relics translated to Constantinople
• relics translated to assorted churches in Spain

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 Thyrsus of Apollonia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 January 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>