St. Panteleimon (Pantaleon)
(d.c.305)
According to legend, St. Pantaleimon (the all-compassionate) was a physician
who did not take fees. He was martyred under the emperor Diocletian, probably
at Nicomedia.
In art he is depicted as a young man holding his doctor's tools or his physician's
bag.
Orthodox nameday: 27/7
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