Patriarch of Antioch from 237 to 253
d. 251
12th Patriarch of Antioch (Greek line)
Babylas of Antioch was a Syrian 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 4 September, in the Roman Rite, 24 January. He has the distinction of being the first saint recorded as having had his remains translated (moved) for religious purposes; a practice that was to become extremely common in later centuries.
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