Saint Theodore Stratelates
![[painting of Saint Theodore]](saintt22.jpg "23kb jpg 14th century wall-painting of 'Saint Theodore the General' by Manuel Panselinos from the Church of Protaton, Karyes, Mount Athos, Greece")
- Also known as
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Theodore the General;
Theodore Tyro;
Theodore the Recruit;
Theodore Tiro
- Memorial
- 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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Catholic Online
Saint Theodore Greek Orthodox Church, Lanham, Maryland, USA
Passion of Saint Theodore the Recruit
Armenian Passion of Saint Theodore the General
Coptic Passion of Saint Theodore the General and Saint Theodore the Eastern
Passion of Saint Theodore the Recruit
Sources for Cult of Saint Theodore
In Praise of Blessed Theodore the Great Martyr, by Saint Gregory of Nyssa
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Theodore
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