Hieromartyr Julian of Galatia

Julian of Galatia was a priest of Ancyra, in the Roman province of Galatia in Asia Minor, who confessed Christ and suffered martyrdom during the persecution under the emperor Licinius (311-324). He is numbered among the hieromartyrs because he held the office of priest at the time of his death. The Orthodox Church commemorates him on September 13.

According to the synaxarion, Julian boldly professed his faith and refused to offer sacrifice to the idols when commanded to do so. For his confession he was subjected to torture and finally put to death. The surviving account preserves little detail beyond his origin at Ancyra, his priestly rank, and the emperor under whom he suffered.

His commemoration falls on the day after that of another martyr of the same name and region, the presbyter Julian of Galatia who is venerated together with the forty martyrs hidden with him on September 12. The two are closely associated in the calendar and are sometimes cross-referenced, and Orthodox sources distinguish the September 13 Hieromartyr Julian from that September 12 commemoration.