Martyr Serapion of Severus
A Christian brought before the governor Achilles who confessed Christ and was martyred under the emperor Severus.
The Holy Martyr Serapion
Life
Serapion is an early Christian martyr commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox Church on July 13. According to the synaxarion, he suffered for Christ during the reign of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus (193-211) and is reckoned among the martyrs of the pre-Nicene period, with his death placed around the year 205.
As a Christian he was brought to trial before a governor named Achilles. He openly confessed his faith in Christ before the pagan authorities and, refusing to recant, was subjected to severe tortures and then imprisoned. The account relates that he was healed of his wounds while in prison and presented himself at his second hearing in full health; the authorities thereupon condemned him to be burned alive, and he died in the flames.
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- 193-211 Reign of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus Reign of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, under whom Serapion suffered.
- c. 205 Tried before the governor Achilles Tried before the governor Achilles, tortured, imprisoned, and finally martyred by burning.
Honest stub; not Serapion the New of Alexandria (Jul 12).