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{{Short description|1st century Christian bishop and martyr}}
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|name=Antipas of Pergamum
|birth_date=unknown
|death_date= AD 68 or 92
|feast_day=11 April<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/antipas.html|title=St Antipas of Pergamon|access-date=2007-12-21|archive-date=2007-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013059/http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/antipas.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church<br />[[Religion:Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christianity]]<br />[[Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Church]]
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|caption=Antipas being martyred
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|death_place=[[History:Pergamon|Pergamon]], Asia Minor<ref name=oca />
|titles=Martyr and Bishop
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According to Eastern Orthodox traditions, according to the Commentary on the Apocalypse of Andreas of Caesarea, it is believed that '''Saint Antipas''' was the Antipas referred to in the Book of {{sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Revelation|chapter=2|verse=13}}, as the verse says: "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth." According to [[Religion:Christianity|Christian]] tradition, [[Religion:John the Apostle|John the Apostle]] ordained Antipas as bishop of Pergamon during the reign of the Roman emperor [[Biography:Nero|Nero]]. The traditional accounts go on to say Antipas was [[Religion:Martyr|martyr]]ed during the reign of [[Biography:Nero|Nero]] (54-68)<ref name="oca">{{Cite web |title=Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum and Disciple of Saint John the Theologian |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2013/04/11/101052-hieromartyr-antipas-bishop-of-pergamum-and-disciple-of-saint-joh |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref> or Domitian,<ref name=":0" /> by burning in a brazen bull-shaped altar for casting out demons worshipped by the local population.

There is a tradition of oil ("manna of the saints") being secreted from the relics of Saint Antipas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Oil of Saints |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11228d.htm |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>

Saint Antipas is invoked for relief from toothache, and diseases of the teeth. On the calendars of [[Religion:Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christianity]], the feast day of Antipas is April 11.<ref name=oca/>

==References==

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==External links==
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* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1474 Catholic Online]
* [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92520 Sant’ Antipa di Pergamo]
* [http://catholicsaints.info/saint-antipas-of-pergamon/ CatholicSaints.Info]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qE_VWwjPBs Byzantine hymn to St. Antipas] in youtube.com



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