Little is known about Saint Nestor, also known as Saint Nestor of Perge or Hieromartyr

Hieromartyr

In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....

 Nestor of Magydos, other than that he was Bishop

Bishop

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 of Magydos

Magydos

Magydos was an ancient settlement, located on the coast in Pamphylia, Asia Minor , between the cities of Attalia and Perga. Magydos was attested to during the Roman and Late Antiquity periods. The site of ancient Magydos is now occupied by modern-day Lara Manastır. It was known in antiquity by the...

 in Pamphylia

Pamphylia

In ancient geography, Pamphylia was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus . It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 75 miles with a breadth of...

, in what is now modern Turkey

Turkey

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. His courage and authority were so noteworthy that a Roman

Roman Empire

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 magistrate

Magistrate

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 uttered these words: "Until we have got the better of the bishop, we shall be powerless against the Christians." He was arrested under Emperor Decius

Decius

Trajan Decius , was Roman Emperor from 249 to 251. In the last year of his reign, he co-ruled with his son Herennius Etruscus until they were both killed in the Battle of Abrittus.-Early life and rise to power:...

, and sentenced to death by the local Roman governor

Governor

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, Pollio or Epolius of Lycia

Lycia

Lycia Lycian: Trm̃mis; ) was a region in Anatolia in what are now the provinces of Antalya and Muğla on the southern coast of Turkey. It was a federation of ancient cities in the region and later a province of the Roman Empire...

, after refusing to sacrifice to the pagan gods of the state. His feast day is February 25 in the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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 and February 28 in the Orthodox Church.

External links

• Index of Roman Catholic Saints
• St. Nestor
• St. Patrick's Church, Washington, D.C.: St. Nestor of Perge
• Hieromartyr Nestor the Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia Orthodox icon
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   and synaxarion