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Saint Babylas (died 253) was a patriarch of Antioch (237–253) who died in prison during the Decian persecution. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine rite his feast day is September 4 in the Roman Catholic January 24. He has the distinction of being the first saint recorded as having had his remains moved or translated for religious purposes; a practice that was to become extremely common in later centuries.
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