Theodore Tiron

For another Saint Theodore, see: Theodore Stratelates or Saint Theodore (disambiguation).

Saint Theodore
Martyr
Born	unknown Euchaita (?) Beyözü, Çorum which was prior to 1921 was called Avkat. It is the corruption of previous name Euchaita. or Alasium, Turkey (modern-day Çorum or northeast Anatolia, Turkey) [1]
Died	(306-02-17)17 February 306 Amasea, Turkey (modern-day Amasya, Turkey)
Feast	Catholic Church: 9 November Eastern Orthodox Church: 17 February and the first Saturday in Great Lent; Korčula: 27 July
Attributes	Dressed as a soldier sometimes in court dress, with emblems such as a spear, temple,[1] torch,[1] crocodile[1] or dragon, pyre,[1] crown of thorns[1]
Patronage	soldiers, Venice,[1] Brindisi,[1] against storms,[1] recovery of lost articles[2]

Saint Theodore (Άγιος Θεοδώρος), distinguished as Theodore of Amasea, Theodore the Recruit (Θεοδώρος ό Τήρων), and by other names, is a Christian saint and Great Martyr, particularly revered in the Eastern Orthodox Churches but also honored in Roman Catholicism and Oriental Orthodoxy. According to legend, he was a legionary in the Roman army who suffered martyrdom by immolation at Amasea in Galatian Pontus (modern Amasya, Turkey) during the Great Persecution under Diocletian in the early 4th century. Venerated by the late 4th century, he became a prominent warrior saint during the Middle Ages, attracted a great deal of additional legends including accounts of battle against dragons, and was often confused with (or was the original source of) the similar Theodore Stratelates of Heraclea.