Feastday: April 25
Death: 150
Antiochene deacons who are believed to have authored the Acts recounting the life and death of St. Ignatius of Antioch. They were deacons who assisted Ignatius and, after his martyrdom in Rome, brought back to Antioch those relics they could recover from Roman authorities.
Saints Philo and Agathopodes were two deacons who assisted Ignatius. After his martyrdom, it was they who brought back his relics to Antioch.
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