Saint Amphion
- Memorial
- 12 June
- Profile
- Priest during the reign of Valerius Maximianus Galerius.
Earliest known bishop of Epiphania, Cilicia (in modern Turkey) in 325.
Attended the Council of Nicaea.
Bishop of Nicomedia; opposed the Arians who were just starting to spread in the area.
Writer whose works were recommended by Saint Athanasius for their defense of the faith.
Suffered in the persecutions of Diocletian.
- Died
- early 4th century of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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