View Name: Pantaleon

Derived from the Greek elements παντες (pantes) "all" and λεων (leon) "lion". Saint Pantaleon (later called Panteleimon) was a doctor from Asia Minor who was martyred during the persecutions of the emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. He is a patron saint of doctors and midwives.

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