PANTELEIMON

PANTELEIMON, great martyr, healer, St. (?–304). Panteleimon, like Cosmas and Damian (q.v.), was an “unmercenary physician.” According to his “Life” (Synaxarion, July 27th), he was executed for the sake of Christianity under the rule of the Emperor Maximian at the city of Nicomedia in Asia Minor (q.v.). He remains the most celebrated of the physician saints, being particularly venerated by the Slavs. His icon connects healing with the administration of the Eucharist (qq.v.).