Martyr Peter Apselamus of Palestine

Peter Apselamus, also called Peter Absalom, was a Christian of Palestine who was martyred during the persecutions of the early fourth century. He is commemorated by the Orthodox Church on January 12, and his memory is also kept on January 13 and October 14.

By the accounts preserved in the synaxarion he came from the village of Aneia, in the region of Eleutheropolis in Palestine. He was arrested in the course of the persecution against Christians and brought before Severus, the governor of the province.

The governor urged him to spare himself the torments by offering sacrifice to the pagan gods, but Peter refused every plea. Holding fast to his confession of Christ, he was condemned and put to death, by tradition burned alive, about the year 309.