Martyr Sozon
3rd century saint replacing the non-canonical Agios Sostis in Greece
About Martyr Sozon
Sozon of Cilicia was an early Christian martyr from Lycaonia. Originally a pagan shepherd named Tarasios, he was baptised and received the name Sozon.
His feast day in the Orthodox Church is September 7. He is the patron saint of the island of Lemnos.
His feast day in the Catholic Church is also September 7, although he is referred to as Saint Sozonte of Pompeiopolis, a ruined city near modern Taşköprü, Turkey, in the 2004 Martyrologium Romanum.
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3rd century saint replacing the non-canonical Agios Sostis in Greece
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