St. Antipas of Pergamos

Antipas is the martyr whom Christ calls 'my faithful witness' in the Book of Revelation (2:13; Butler's Douay reference is Apoc. ii. 13).

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St. Antipas of Pergamos

St. Antipas of Pergamos

Antipas is the martyr whom Christ calls 'my faithful witness' in the Book of Revelation (2:13; Butler's Douay reference is Apoc. ii. 13).

Traditional feast

April 11
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

April 11
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Adapted in modern English from Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints · little is known

Antipas is the martyr whom Christ calls 'my faithful witness' in the Book of Revelation (2:13; Butler's Douay reference is Apoc. ii. 13). He suffered at Pergamus.

Butler adds that in later ages his tomb there was famous for miracles.

Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

Keep their day. Remember them on April 11 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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Baring-Gould’s sources: Greek M ecology of the Emperor Basil. His office was composed by S. Joseph the Hymnographer. Inserted in the Roman Martyrology by Baronius. Authority: Rev. ii. 13, and a long posterior account of the martyrdom from tradition by a priest of Pergamos.] |NTIPAS is he of whom Christ spake to the angel or bishop of Pergamos, “Thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you.” The traditional account is that he was inclosed in a brazen bull, over a fire, and scorched and suffocated to death therein. Perillus, the inventor of this horrible mode of execution, was constrained by Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigen turn, to suffer by it April xz.] 6 ". Leo the Great.

Feast days

Feast: April 11

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Image: Rousanu19.jpg · User:Erud · Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.

Image: User:Erud, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.