Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Saints & hagiography Saints

Serapion, Saint

SERAPIONE, SANTO

By Martiniano Roncaglia

Feast day: 30 October

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Also known as: St. Serapion of Antioch; Italian: Serapione di Antiochia

SERAPION, Saint. - Eighth bishop of Antioch, from 190 (191 according to Julius Africanus) to 30 Oct. 211.

Eusebius (Hist. eccl., V, 19, 22; VI, 11) recalls the figure of St. Serapione and lists his writings (VI, 12): a letter on the apocryphal Gospel of St. Peter to put a Christian community near Antioch on its guard; a short work dedicated to Caricus and Ponticus (Pontius) against the Montanists, and a letter to Donninus, who, during the persecution of Septimius Severus, had returned to Judaism.

He was introduced into the Martyrology by Ado.

Bibliography3 works

BIBL.: PG 5, 1371-76; Acta SS. Octobris, XIII, Paris 1883, pp. 248-52; Martyr. Romanum, p. 285.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 376.

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Roncaglia, Martiniano. “Serapione, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 376. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/serapione-santo.

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Roncaglia, Martiniano. “Serapione, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 376. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/serapione-santo.

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@incollection{ec11_serapione_santo,
  author    = {Roncaglia, Martiniano},
  title     = {Serapione, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {376},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/serapione-santo}
}

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