Notre père parmi les saints '''Ignace d'Antioche, le Théophore''' (+ 107) a été le troisième [[évêque]] d'Antioche, after the après l'[[Apostle PeterApôtre Pierre]] and et saint [[Euodios of AntiochÉvode d'Antioche|EuodiosÉvode]], whom Ignatius succeeded around AD auquel Ignace a succédé vers l'an 68. Ignatius, who also called himself '''Theophorus''' ("[[God-bearer]]"), was most likely a disciple of both [[Apostle|Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle John|John]]. Several of his letters have survived to this day; he is one of the [[Apostolic Fathers]] (the earliest group of the [[Church Fathers]]), and a [[saint]] in the [[Orthodox Church]] (feastday, [[December 20]]).
==Martyrdom and Writings==
"As a pilot calls on winds and a storm-tossed mariner looks homeward, so the times call on you to win your way to God. As God's athlete, be sober; the stake is immortality and eternal life."
==HymnsHymnes==
[[Tropaire]] ([[Ton]] 4)
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avant=[[Évode d'Antioche|Évode]]|
titre=[[Liste des primats de l'Église d'Antioche|Évêque d'Antioche]]|
années=68-107|
après=[[Hero d'Antioche|Hero]]}}
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==External linksLiens externes==
* [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ignatius.html Early Christian writings] On-line texts of Ignatius' letters
* [http://www.romanity.org/htm/rom.11.en.the_ecclesiology_of_st._ignatius_of_antioch.01.htm The Ecclesiology of St. Ignatius of Antioch] by Fr. [[John S. Romanides]]