Also known as:
Greek: Iason;
Latin: Iason Thessalonicensis
JASON OF THESSALONICA. - Converted by St. Paul, he hosted the Apostle in his house during the second missionary journey (Acts 17:5-9).
One day - the Jews who had remained unbelieving... threw the city into an uproar, then, having stormed G.'s house, they sought to drag Paul and Silas before the people. But, not having found them, they dragged G. and some brothers before the politarchs, shouting: These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and G. has received them! (Acts 17:5f.). G. and the others arrested had to pay a surety to obtain their freedom. Several exegetes hold that this G. is to be identified with that relative of Paul who, together with him, sends greetings to the Romans (Rom. 16:21).
According to Greek tradition, G. later became bishop of Tarsus in Cilicia and died at Corfu. Feast on 12 July in the Martyr. Romanum; on 28-29 April among the Greeks and Copts.
De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Giasone di Tessalonica.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 380. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giasone-di-tessalonica.
MLA
De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Giasone di Tessalonica.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 380. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giasone-di-tessalonica.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_giasone_di_tessalonica,
author = {De, Ambroggi Pietro},
title = {Giasone di Tessalonica},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {380},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giasone-di-tessalonica}
}
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