St. Lucian of Antioch Biography |
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Date of Birth | mid-3rd century, 240 AD |
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Country of Birth | Syria of Asia |
Matrimony/Holy Orders | Saints who were Priest |
Profession | Spiritual director, Scripture scholar, Priest |
Place of Work | Nicomedia, |
Date of Death | January 7 312 AD |
Place of Death | Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Turkey) |
Feast Day | January 7 |
Beatification | Pre-congregation |
Canonization | Canonized by Pre congregation |
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Saint Lucian of Antioch’s Life History
Lucian was born in 240 AD in Samosata, Kommagene in Syria(now Samsat, Turkey), to christian parents whom he lost at a young age. He received his education in Edessa , Mesopotamia, at the school of Macarius who had his mind filled with the knowledge of the holy scriptures that resulted in him practicing christian virtues.
Lucian was ordained a presbyter at Antioch and reports made after his death revealed that he had founded a school;since scholars such as, Adolf von Harnack, saw him as the first head of the school of Antioch.
He at one time faced excommunication after he was suspected of heresy and was banned from the church but was later reconciled.
During Maximus Daia’s persecutions, he was arrested and sent to Nicomedia where it was said that he endured torture over a period of nine years of imprisonment.
His cause of death is still under speculation as there are many accounts that shed light to the cause of his death. Other say that he may have been starved to death, others say that he may have been beheaded but there is a traditional date assigned to his execution which is January 7 312 in Nicomedia.
St. Lucian of Antioch’s Birth
He was born in 240 AD.
St. Lucian of Antioch’s Death
He died on January 7 312 AD and was buried in Drepanum, The Gulf of Nicomedia, which was later named Helenopolis.
Education
He studied at Edessa, Mesopotamia, at the school of Macarius.
Profession
He lived as a scriptural scholar, a theologian and was an ordained presbyter.
Major Works
He took it upon himself to revise the books of the Old and New Testament of the Bible and got rid of the errors that had found their way in them as a result of negligence from copyists and malicious heretics. His Greek translation of the Bible was acknowledged universally and he also had a hand in the Latin translation of the Bible, known as the Vulgate.
Canonization
Lucian was canonized pre-congregation.
Venerated in
He is venerated in the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Church.
St. Lucian of Antioch’s Feast Day
His feast day is observed on January 7, by the Roman Catholic Church and on October 15, by the Byzantine Christianity.
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