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Zenon of Philadelphia
soldier
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 23 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
304
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Philadelphia in Arabia, the holy martyrs Zeno and Zenas, his slave. The latter kissed the chains of his master, and begged that he would think him worthy to be his associate in his tortures. He was arrested by the soldiers and, together with his master, received the crown of martyrdom.
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 Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 23 June.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 23 June
- Wikidata Q4024181 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.