Saint Zenas of Philadelphia
Also known as
- Zena
- 23 June
- 22 June at the church of Saint George the Martyr in the Cypriara district of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
Profile
Former slave of Saint Zeno. After being freed, he stayed with Zeno as a servant, and became public about his Christianity. Imprisoned, tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
- beheaded in 304 in Philadelphia in Arabia near the Dead Sea (probably refers to Rabbath-Ammon east of Palestine, the modern Amman, Jordan)
MLA Citation
- “Saint Zenas of Philadelphia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 June 2016. Web. 18 April 2021. <>