Anathalon
Life and witness
The same day, of St. Anathalon, bishop, who being disciple to St. Barnaby the apostle, succeeded him in the bishopric of Milan.
Biographical overview
Anathalon (Latin: Anatalius, Anatolius, Italian: Anatalone, Anatalo, Anatolio, Byzantine Greek: Ανατόλιος) was the first recorded Bishop of Milan and lived at the end 2nd-century or early 3rd-century. A later tradition made him the also the first bishop of Brescia. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, which celebrate his feast day on 24 September. In Milan, however, this is commemorated on 25 September.