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Asclepiades of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch from 211 to 217
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 18 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
200
Died
217
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Antioch in Syria, Saint Asclepiades, bishop, who was among the illustrious confessors of the faith at the time of the persecution.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 18 October as a bishop of Antioch who was an illustrious confessor of the faith in the persecution.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q731764 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Asclepiades of Antioch (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.