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Nicon of Taormina.

Bishop. Monk in the desert of Mt. Ganos. Martyred with 199 companions at Taormina in Sicily under Decius.

Synax.CP, March 23, par. 1 (cols. 555-6).

BHG 1369; BiblSS IX 985-7; Holweck 743-4; LCI VIII 64.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 32v. Nicon and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 19, fig. 59).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Nicon and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 191, fig. T VIII 23b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 334, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 16).

SEE ALSO:
Dometius of Phrygia, March 24
Trophimus and Eucarpius of Nicomedia, March 18

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