August 8th

Saint Emilian of Cyzicus

Saint · Common of Bishops · Cyzicus, Turkey · d. c. 820

At Cyzicus on the Hellespont, Saint Emilian, bishop, who, having suffered much under the emperor Leo for the veneration of the sacred images, at length died in exile.

Latin Original

Ciziciin Hellespónto, sancti /Emiliáni, epíscopi, qui, pro sacrárum Imáginum cultu a Leóne imperatóre multa passus, demum in exsilio vita excéssit.