Liosous of Arome

Saint Liosous of Arome
Equal-to-Apostles, Bishop, and Missionary
Born	c. 89 Arome, Aroman Empire
Died	25 July 156 Ziologiana, Salvia
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Canonized	25 July 169 by Pope Leo I
Major shrine	Leotine Chapel
Feast	25 July
Patronage	Salvia, Marenesia, missionaries

Saint Liosous of Salvia, alternatively Liosous the Missionary or Liosous the Martyr, was a 2nd century saint who brought Christianity to Marenesia. Following correspondences with the Diarchy, Liosous was christened as the first Bishop of Salvia, a position later occupied by the Salvian pope as the Bishop of Deopolis. For his extensive missionary work, he is known by some as an equal-to-apostles.

Born around 89 AD in Bashan to Tagmatine parents, Liosous converted to Christianity along with his family sometime in the early 2nd century. Becoming a priest around 109 AD, he became involved in the Christian community of Bashan, for which he was greatly praised by his contemporaries and was assigned a large parish community in En Gannim. Hearing reports of a distant land south of Azania, Liosous was granted permission to travel there by Pope $$$$ and departed sometime in 120, accompanied by a small community of Aroman and Bashan Christians.

Arriving in 125, Liosous began to form a Christian community in modern-day Tanemum, with the migrants constructing the basis of what is now the city of Gerezia. While the Salvians were at first hostile, Liosous was able to pacify and convert them. After enabling the community's success for several years, Liosous departed on a mission trip throughout the First Salvian Imperium, spreading the faith from Alvernia to the Sicani Islands. After the completion of this trip, he was invited by the emperor, Iseo Tanemahuta to establish a Christian parish in the empire's capital, Ziologiana, following the conversion of two of the emperor's sons. Due to his absence, violent clashes between native Salvians and the Aroman migrants began to occur but subsided after his intervention; these clashes were halted until his death in 156.

Liosous' was reportedly killed on Gerizim Hill by pagan Salvians who were angered by his missionary work at the age 67. The Leotine Monastery was built on the hill at the request of Emperor Kei Tanemahuta, Iseo's successor, and his remains were kept there until the completion of the Leotine Chapel in 1469, where they reside today. Upon hearing of his death, Pope Leo I, with permission from Pope $$$ of the Tacolic Church, began a process for his canonization, and canonized him in 169.

Despite his premature death, Liosous had significant influence on Marenesia as Christianity began to take hold and spread throughout the region. He is often regarded as the most important figure of Salvian history and is memorialized in numerous art works, especially those of the Second Salvian Imperium and the Divine Imperium