Peter Apselamus
Peter Abselamus (also known as Peter Absalon, Peter Balsamus, and Peter of Atroa), also called "the Standard Bearer", was a third-century
charity and piety
.
There is substantial disagreement regarding his death in 311 AD. The account in his
Eusebius of Caesarea's History of the Martyrs in Palestine, indicates he was burned alive in Caesarea; yet another account gives a date of the 11th of January 309.[2]
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont has stated that two different people are mentioned in the accounts. He stated that Peter Abselamus was crucified at Aulana, and that a different person, Peter Absalon, was burned at Caesarea.[3]
The martyr at Aulana is commemorated as a
feast day of January 3. The martyr at Caesarea's feast day is January 13.[4]
The Greek persecution of Diocletian
, who has his name in the Jerusalem calendar.
References
- ^ Synaxarium Armen.
- ^ Eusebius, PG 20, 1497
- ^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
- ^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
- ^ A. Mertens,"Who was a Christian in the Holy Land?" Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
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