Saint Pantaleon (Greek: Παντελεήμων [Panteleímon] all-compassionate) counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletian persecution of 303 AD.Though there is evidence to suggest that a martyr named Pantaleon existed some consider the stories of his life and death to be purely legendary.
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birth date
0275-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Nicomedia
death date
0303-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Nicomedia
major shrine
Constantinople
title
Great-Martyr and Unmercenary Healer
venerated in
Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Catholic Church
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