Back Telèmac de Roma Catalan Svatý Telemachus Czech Telemachus (Märtyrer) German Άγιος Τηλέμαχος Greek Telémaco (santo) Spanish Télémaque de Rome French Telémaco de Roma Galician טלמכוס הקדוש HE Almachius ID San Telemaco Italian
Telemachus | |
|---|---|
 The Martyrdom of Saint Telemachus | |
| Hermit and Martyr | |
| Born | 3rd century Asia Minor, Eastern Roman Empire |
| Died | 1 January 404 (or 391[1]) Rome, Western Roman Empire (Italy) |
| Cause of death | Capital punishment (via Stoning) |
| Venerated in | Anglicanism Orthodox Church[2] Catholic Church |
| Feast | 1 January |
Saint Telemachus (also Almachus[1] or Almachius) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret,[3] tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd. The Christian Emperor Honorius, however, was impressed by the monk's martyrdom and it spurred him to issue a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. Frederick George Holweck gives the year of his death as 391.[4]
- ^ a b Jones, Terry. "Telemachus". Patron Saints Index. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
- ^ A Western Rite Orthodox Martyrology, p. 8. https://www.stgregoryoc.org/publications/
- ^ Theodoret (1843). Honorius the Emperor, and the Monk Telemachus. Ecclesiastical History. Vol. 26. London, UK: Samuel Bagster and Sons. pp. 326–327. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ Holweck, F. G., A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints (St Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1924) p. 51
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