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Memorial

• 11 October (Latin calendar)
• 12 October (Greek calendar)

Profile

Tried and tortured for the crime of Christianity in Tarsus, Mopsuestia and Anazarbus in Cilicia during the persecutions of Galerius and Diocletian; local Christians at each town made records of the examinations and abuse. Martyr.

Born

• Side, Pamphylia

Died

• beheaded in 304 in the amphitheatre of Anazarbus, Cilicia
• body left for animals to destroy, but local Christians recovered and buried it

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Probus of Side“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 July 2020. Web. 21 April 2021. <>