Archbishop Liberius
On this day died the holy father Abba Liwaryos (Liberius), Archbishop of the city of Rome.
From the Synaxarium
Tikimt 9 · October 19
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Stephen of Antioch
On this day died Stephen, the son of Nikomion and brother of Basilides.
The Eclipse of A.D. 1269
The book records the name only.
Archbishop Simeon
The book records the name only.
Thomas the Apostle
On this day Thomas the Apostle began to work like an artisan, and to preach in the country of India where-unto he went with 'Abnes the merchant.
David a King of Ethiopia
On this day is commemorated David King of Ethiopia, who was called the 'fan of the wicked and the wall of adamant.'
On this day died Abba Athanasius, Archbishop of Antioch. This holy man was a monk, and anchorite, and one who served the Lord his God strenuously, and he was sincere and humble and perfect in all good works.
On this day also, in the nine hundred and eighty-fifth year of the holy martyrs [(A.D. 1269) the Bodleian ms. has A.M.
From the Synaxarium, the Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, in the translation of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1928). Summarised — the full account is longer.
