Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
Triantaphyllos | |
Birth Date: | 1663 |
Death Date: | 8 August 1680 |
Feast Day: | August 8 |
Venerated In: | Greek Orthodox Church |
Birth Place: | Zagora (modern-day Greece) |
Death Place: | Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Triantaphyllos the Martyr (1663 – August 8, 1680) is a martyr and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church. He was born in Zagora,[1] in then Ottoman-controlled Greece, and was taken captive by the Turks one day while he was working as a fisherman. He was tortured when he refused to renounce his Christian faith and convert to Islam and was eventually beheaded by his captors.[2]