Pantaleon

Also known as Saint Pantaleon

saint

Key facts

Born: c. 275, Nicomedia , (modern-day Izmit , Kocaeli , Turkey )
Died: 305 , Nicomedia, (modern-day Izmit , Kocaeli , Turkey )
Venerated in: Eastern Orthodox Church , Anglicanism , Oriental Orthodox Church , Catholic Church
Major shrine: Pantaleon Monastery in the Jordan desert, Pantaleon Church built by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, Constantinople
Feast: 27 July ( Western Christianity , Byzantine Christianity ), 19 Epip ( Coptic Christianity )
Attributes: A compartmented apothecary's (medicine) box, with a long-handled spatula or spoon; a martyr's cross
Patronage: Physicians, Apothecaries, midwives, livestock, lottery, lottery winners and victories, lottery tickets; invoked against headaches, consumption, locusts, witchcraft, accidents and loneliness; helper for crying children

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Nicomedia
Place of death: Nicomedia
Occupation: physician
Image: St Panteleimon.jpg

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Commons category: Saint Pantaleon
canonization status: thaumaturge
date of death: 0305-07-27
date of birth: 0275-00-00
Commons gallery: Saint Pantaleon
time period: Roman Empire
different from: Pantaleon
cause of death: decapitation
feast day: July 27
P6482: Pantaleon
name in native language: Παντελεήμων
subject has role: Christian martyr

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Encyclopedic overview

Saint Pantaleon (Greek: Παντελεήμων, romanized: Panteleïmon, lit. 'All-compassionate'), counted in Western Christianity as among the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Late Middle Ages, and in Eastern Christianity as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD.

Life of Pantaleon

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