Martyrdom of Pionius (Greek: Πιόνιος) is an account dating from about 250 AD to 300 AD of the martyrdom of a Christian from Smyrna named Pionius. It is also...

city and the new city refounded by Alexander. The martyrology Acts of Pionius, set in the "Decian persecution" of AD 250–51, mentions a lapsed Smyrnan...

in 325; Niconius in 344; Sylvanus at the beginning of the 5th century; Pionius in 451; Leo in 787; Peter, friend of the Patriarch Ignatius, and adversary...

succeeded by Camerius, Smyrna was also the place of martyrdom of Saint Pionius, during the reign of Decius. Already from the early Christian years Smyrna...

congregation of Smyrna concerning the martyrdom of Polycarp; the martyrdom of Pionius; the martyrdoms of Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonike; the martyrdoms in the...

Imperial period. The "lawless" Politta, who appears in the Martyrdom of Pionius, owned estates in the province of Asia. Inscriptions record her generosity...

and Jerome, martyred in Smyrna. The Life of Polycarp, attributed to St. Pionius, lists Thraseas of Eumenia, as a martyr who was buried at Smyrna. Mention...

3rd century Pierius 4th century Pijimi 4th century Pinytus 2nd century Pionius 3rd century Pishoy 5th century Pistis (Faith) 2nd century Pius I 2nd century...

tried and executed, as were certain members of the Christian laity, like Pionius of Smyrna. Origen was tortured during the persecution and died about a...

Anatolia and later Egypt, and a cult of Caracalla starts in the city. 250 Pionius is martyrized in Smyrna by burning on the gibbet. 395 Following the death...

discerned the future. When Pionius, a stylite,was attacked and badly beaten by robbers some distance away from Aninus, Pionius decided to descend from the...

Saints listed on February 26 (February 27 on leap years). Hieromartyr Pionius, Priest of Smyrna, and those with him (250): Asclepiades, Macedonia, Linus...

13 Sep. 403) ? Rufius Antonius Agrypnius Volusianus (404–405) Flavius Pionius Diotimus (att. 5 Mar. – 8 Dec. 405) Gaius Aelius Pompeius Porfyrius Proculus...

saint and martyr Asclepiades (fl. c. 250), Christian saint and martyr (see Pionius) Asclepiades of Tralles, 5th century Christian bishop Asclepiad (disambiguation)...

Paramon and Companions     250   Parasceva     250   Parmenius     250   Pionius     250   Saturninus of Rome     250   Saturninus (Sernin)     250   Bishop...

century. The names of three of its bishops are preserved in extant records. Pionius was at the First Council of Constantinople in 381. Eudoxius was at both...