Saint Elias
- Memorial
- 16 February
- Profile
- Ministered to Christians who were condemned to work the mines of Cilicia in the persecutions of Maximus.
This exposed Elias's faith, and he was arrested, tortured and martryed by order of the governor Firmilian.
- Born
- Egyptian
- Died
- beheaded in 309
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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- Readings
- Firmilian: "Where are you from?"
Elias: "From Jerusalem.
Does not Saint Paul say that Jerusalem, Jerusalem on high, is our mother?"
Firmilian: "And where is this Jerusalem on high?"
Elias: "This Jerusalem is the true country of Christians; it is situated in the East, beside the true Sun and only Light."
