Saint Phileas
Bishop and martyr ( 
306 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 4 February
Saints Who Suffered for a Tenet of the Faith
"And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will in herit eternal life" (Matthew 19:29). Phileas was bishop ♝ of Thmuis in Lower Egypt , in the Eastern half of the Roman Empire 
, where Diocletian's edicts brought about fierce persecution 
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Phileas was arrested 
and brought to trial in Alexandria 
A letter he wrote 
to his flock describes the way in which Christians were tormented. Everyone "had full liberty to insult 
strike, and beat 
them." For Phileas, there were also other pressures. He was an honorable and learned man 
had a wife and children 
- a phenomenon that occured in the early Church 
where already-married men 
were sometimes ordained, though they usually embraced continence afterwards - and possessed enormous wealth 
enough to support a city. A long record of his interrogation shows how staunch Phileas remained in the face of pressure to deny Christ 
#Catholic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_and_Philoromus
and brought to trial in Alexandria A letter he wrote to his flock describes the way in which Christians were tormented. Everyone "had full liberty to insult strike, and beat them." For Phileas, there were also other pressures. He was an honorable and learned man had a wife and children - a phenomenon that occured in the early Church where already-married men were sometimes ordained, though they usually embraced continence afterwards - and possessed enormous wealth enough to support a city. A long record of his interrogation shows how staunch Phileas remained in the face of pressure to deny Christ #Catholic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_and_Philoromus
People on all sides begged Phileas to comply. His wife was brought to court to sway him, but he responded: "Jesus Christ, the Savior of souls, calls me to his glory: and he can also, if he pleases, call my wife." Though the sympathetic judge 
was more than willing to allow delays of the case, and his own brother sent word (falsely 
) that Phileas was ready to give in, nothin swayed Phileas. Resolved upon eternal life 
he went to death cheerfully. "I have considered, and it is my unchangeable resolution to die for Christ."
#catholic
was more than willing to allow delays of the case, and his own brother sent word (falsely ) that Phileas was ready to give in, nothin swayed Phileas. Resolved upon eternal life he went to death cheerfully. "I have considered, and it is my unchangeable resolution to die for Christ." #catholic
Lord Jesus Christ through the prayers and witness of Saint Phileas, help us to trust in your love 
more than in any earthly attachment. 
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