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{{Infobox saint
|name=Isidore of Chios
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|death_date=251
|feast_day=May 14
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|caption= Byzantine Pilgrim Stamp of Saint Isidore (6th Century)
|birth_place=[[Alexandria]] (?)
|death_place=[[Chios]]
|titles=[[martyr]]
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|patronage=[[sailor]]s, [[Mollerussa]]
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'''Isidore of Chios''' was an [[Christianity in Egypt|Egyptian Christian]] soldier martyred on the island of [[Chios]] in 251 during the [[Persecution of Christians|persecutions]] ordered by the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] emperor [[Decius]]. His feast day is commemorated on [[May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|May 14]].<ref>{{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3159/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Χίῳ]. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>

==Life and martyrdom==
His life is the subject of several versions, mainly with hagiographic aims.

An [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] officer in the [[Roman navy]], Isidore confessed himself as a [[Christians|Christian]] to the commander of the fleet while they were on the [[Aegean islands|Aegean island]] of [[Chios]]. Because he was unwilling to repent and worship the gods of the state, he was tormented and beheaded, and his body cast into a cistern. According to one legend, at this point all the trees on the south side of the island shed tears for Isidore, and this was the origin of the [[mastic (plant resin)|mastic]] that is still collected regularly on the island.<ref>Victoria Finlay, Color</ref>

According to tradition, his friends [[Ammonius (saint)|Ammonius]] and [[Myrope (saint)|Myrope]], both destined to martyrdom, would have retrieved the body and interred it properly. Later Myrope was buried beside Isidore, and on their grave miraculous recoveries were reported. There was built a chapel, and in the 5th century a church, thanking Saint Marcian. This church could be that of which a few ruins can now be admired in [[Chios (town)|Chios town]]. St Isidore's veneration spread in all the Mediterranean sea and he became a [[sailor]]s’ protector.

In 1125, his remains were brought from Chios to the Venetian Basilica of St. Mark, which contains a small chapel containing the sarchophogus.

==References==
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3. The Basiica of St. Mark in Venice, edited by Etore Vio. (1999)

==External links and sources==
* http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/saints/may/14th.cfm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208111520/http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/saints/may/14th.cfm |date=2012-02-08 }}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20040620135010/http://saintgeorge.org/news_and_events/church_calendar/saint_of_the_day/05may/may_14_saint_isidore_of_chios.php

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