Saint Timothy. Saint Hippolytus. Saint Symphorian. Martyrs. Feast Day 22 August.

Text from The Saint Andrew's Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Saint Timothy. Saint Hippolytus.
Saint Symphorian.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 22 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Martyrdom of Saint-Symphorian.

Français: Le Martyre de Saint-Symphorien.

Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867).

Date: 1824-1834.

Current location: Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun, Autun, France.

Source/Photographer: Centre national des arts plastiques

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Timothy of Antioch came to Rome in 310 A.D. and was Martyred in 311 A.D. He was cruelly beaten and quicklime was sprinkled over his torn flesh. At last, he was beheaded.

Also on 22 August, at Ostia, Italy, Hippolytus, Bishop of Porto, was thrown into a hole filled with water and received The Crown of Martyrdom about 225 A.D.

Again on 22 August, about 180 A.D., under the reign of Emperor Aurelian, Symphorian, who was still a young man, was beheaded at Autun. While he went to execution, his mother said to him: "My son, my son, remember Eternal Life; look up to Heaven and see The One Who reigns there; life is not taken from thee, it is exchanged for a better one."

Mass: Salus autem.