Also known as
    Theodore the General
    Theodore Tyro
    Theodore the Recruit
    Theodore Tiro
    Theodore of Heraclea

Memorial
    7 February as Theodore Stratelates
    16 February as Theodore Tyro

Profile
    Roman general (stratelates) and covert Christian during a time of persecution. Exposed as a Christian, a military tribunal decided he was a good soldier who had made a mistake, told him to reconsider, and set him free; he promptly burned down a pagan temple. Arrested again, he was ordered to apostatize, then tortured by having his flesh torn off; he responded by reciting the Psalms. Martyr.

    Saint Theodore Tyro is almost certainly the same person as Theodore Statelates. The Tyro story describes the soldier as a recruit, the feast day is 9 November, and the region is slightly different, but the story is the same.

Died
    martyred 319 at Heraclea, Thrace

Canonized
    Pre-Congregation

Patronage
    Brindisi, Italy
    soldiers