Name
Leon, soldier and martyr, commemorated in Thessalonike
Saint ID
S00387
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
ID | Title | E00596 | Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting a soldier saint, *Leon (S00387), perhaps the soldier martyr *Leontios (martyr of Tripolis, Phoenicia, S00216), with an inscription describing him as a soldier, and indicating June as the month of his festival. |
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