Saint Theodore Stratelates
- Also known as
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Theodore the General
Theodore Tyro
Theodore the Recruit
Theodore Tiro
- Memorial
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7 February as Theodore Stratelates
16 February as Theodore Tyro
- 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
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Brindisi, Italy
soldiers
- Additional Information
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Armenian Passion of Saint Theodore the General
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
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
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Theodore
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