St. Ignatius of Antioch was a bishop of Antioch who is known mainly from seven highly regarded letters that he wrote during a trip to Rome, as a prisoner condemned to be executed for his beliefs.
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Ignatius of Antioch was one of the early Christians to be martyred. It was during the reign of Emperor Trajan that Ignatius was arrested. Chained and on his way to martyrdom, many Christians came out and greeted him on the way.
Ignatius of Antioch was an influential figure within the early Christian community, generally considered to have lived in the late first and early second centuries AD.
Ignatius was the bishop of the church in Antioch, Syria, and was martyred under Emperor Trajan around AD 110. He was apparently a disciple of John, the beloved apostle, along with Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna.
Saint Ignatius of Antioch is well known for the seven letters he wrote on the long journey from Antioch to Rome. Five of these letters are to churches in Asia Minor; they urge the Christians there to remain faithful to God and to obey their superiors.
One such ancient church leader was Ignatius of Antioch (35–108 CE), a student of the Apostle John, the bishop of Antioch, the self–proclaimed "bearer of God " (Gonzalez, 51), and an eventual martyr for the faith.
Find today’s readings here. Today the church celebrates the feast of St. Ignatius—not the one you read about most in America, but St. Ignatius of Antioch, the Syrian bishop and martyr who, by ...