Saint Julian of Anazarbus

Memorial
16 March
Profile
Prominent citizen of senatorial rank. Arrested for his faith during the persecutions of Diocletian, he was tortured then put on display for abuse for a year in cities all over Cilicia, being led around behind a camel. Martyr. Praised by Saint John Chrysostom in a homily during the enshrinement of his relics.
Born
Anazarbus, Cilicia (modern Turkey)
Died
sewn into a sack full of vipers and scorpions, and thrown into the sea to drown c.302; relics enshrined in Antioch
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Representation
man being thrown into the sea in a sack
man in a coffin which is floating into shore and on which sits four angels
man bound on a camel being led through the streets
Additional Information
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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