# Theodore of Amasea

> A Roman legionary who refused to renounce his faith and died by fire in early 4th-century Turkey, remembered not for what he did in life but for the medieval imagination that followed — dragon-slayer legends, warrior-saint devotion, confusion with a second Theodore.

*Anatolian saint*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/theodore-of-amasea

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 300
- **Died:** 0306-02-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

According to Christian tradition, Theodore served as a recruit in the Roman army during the reign of Diocletian. Stationed in Amasea in Galatian Pontus, he was executed by immolation during the Great Persecution of the early 4th century. By the late 4th century he was venerated as a martyr. Through the Middle Ages his cult expanded dramatically: he became a prominent warrior saint, collected legends of battling dragons, and was frequently confused with Theodore Stratelates of Heraclea — possibly because one was the original and the other a later echo. Today he is revered as a Great Martyr in Eastern Orthodox Churches and honored in Roman Catholicism and Oriental Orthodoxy alike.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Journalist, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37599)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_of_Amasea)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Theodore%20of%20Amasea)
- [Феадор Тыран](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A2%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Теодор Тирон](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Sant Teodor d'Amasia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Teodor_d'Amasia)
- [Theodor Tyron](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Tyron)
- [Teodor af Amasea](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_af_Amasea)
- [Theodor Tiro](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Tiro)
- [Άγιος Θεόδωρος ο Τήρων](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A4%CE%AE%CF%81%CF%89%CE%BD)
- [Theodore Tiron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Tiron)
- [Teodoro de Amasea](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_de_Amasea)
- [Théodore Tiron](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore_Tiron)
- [Teodoarus Tiro](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoarus_Tiro)
- [Teodor iz Amasije](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_iz_Amasije)
- [Ս. Թէոդորոս Զօրավար](https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D._%D4%B9%D5%A7%D5%B8%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D4%B6%D6%85%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80)
- [Teodorus dari Amasea](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodorus_dari_Amasea)
- [Teodoro di Amasea](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_di_Amasea)
- [Theodorus Tiro](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorus_Tiro)
- [Теодор Тирон](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Teodor av Amasya](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_av_Amasya)
- [Teodor z Amasei](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_z_Amasei)
- [Teodoro de Amásia](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_de_Am%C3%A1sia)
- [Teodor Tiron](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_Tiron)
- [Феодор Тирон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [San Teodoru di Amasea](https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Teodoru_di_Amasea)
- [ثيودورس التيروني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [الامير تادرس المشرقى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%89)

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