Oct 30 2024 26 mins
St. Pantaleon's patronage is illustrated in a modern drama. He was a martyr on Nicomedia in Bithynia in 305 AD. He is considered one of the 14 Holy Helpers. He was raised as Christian, but fell away after his mother's death while studying medicine. He was won back to Christ by St Hermolaus who explained the superiority of the science of salvation over even the excellent field of medicine.He converted his father, and inheriting a large fortune on his father's death, he used it generously to free his slaves and help the poor, and was denounced by envious colleagues, and condemned by Diocletian after openly confessing his Faith.