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St. Severian



Feastday: February 21
Death: 452

St. Severian was a bishop of Scythopolis in Galilee and a martyr. He attended the Council of Chalcedon (451) and took part in the complete triumph of the orthodox Christian cause against the heretics of the era. On his return home he was assassinated by a group of heretics at the command of Emperor Theodosius II.