Saint Nestor

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name=Saint Nestor
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death_date=250 AD
feast_day=February 26 (Roman Catholic Church)
February 28 (Orthodox Churches)
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church, Orthodox Church


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death_place=Perge, Pamphylia, (modern Turkey)
titles=Bishop and Martyr
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attributes=Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book, his right hand raised in blessing
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Little is known about Saint Nestor, also known as Saint Nestor of Perge or Hieromartyr Nestor of Magydos, other than that he was Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia, in what is now modern Turkey. His courage and authority were so noteworthy that a Roman magistrate uttered these words: "Until we have got the better of the bishop, we shall be powerless against the Christians." ["Lives of the Saints" by Omer Englebert, 1951 and Barnes & Noble Books, 1994] He was arrested under Emperor Decius, and sentenced to death by the local Roman governor, Pollio or Epolius of Lycia, after refusing to sacrifice to the pagan gods of the state. His feast day is February 26 in the Roman Catholic Church and February 28 in the Orthodox Church.

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* [http://saints.catholic.org/ Index of Roman Catholic Saints]
* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4825 "St. Nestor"]
* [http://www.stpatrickdc.org/ss/0226.htm St. Patrick's Church, Washington, D.C.: "St. Nestor of Perge"]
* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100618 Hieromartyr Nestor the Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia] Orthodox icon and synaxarion