San Appian de Cesarea

Saint Appian of Caesarea, born into a wealthy and prominent non-Christian family in Caesarea, was the brother of Saint Aedesius of Alexandria. Well-educated in rhetoric, philosophy, and civil law at Beirut, Lebanon, he embraced Christianity and became a devoted disciple. He formed a close friendship with the renowned theologian Eusebius of Caesarea, with whom he undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land....