Saint Autonomus (Greek: Άγιος Αυτόνομος; died 313) is a martyr saint. He is said to have been an Italian bishop who escaped the Diocletianic Persecution by migrating to Bithynia in Asia Minor. He evangelized the region, served as first bishop of Claudiopolis and was subsequently martyred.
Saint Autonomus | |
|---|---|
 Old-believers icon of St. Automonus, Ukraine | |
| Bishop and Martyr | |
| Born | unknown Italy |
| Died | c. 313 Asia Minor |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 12 September |
- "Autonomus" is a frequent misspelling of "autonomous".
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, his feast day is celebrated on September 12.
External links
editFurther reading
edit- Clive Foss, "St. Autonomus and His Church in Bithynia," Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 41, Studies on Art and Archeology in Honor of Ernst Kitzinger on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday (1987), pp. 187–198.
