Pioni wa Smirna (alifariki Smirna, leo nchini Uturuki, 250 hivi) alikuwa padri aliyefia dini ya Ukristo wakati wa dhuluma ya kaisari Decius[1][2].

Kwa kuwa alitoa hadharani hotuba ya kutetea imani ya Kikristo, baada ya kuonja uchungu wa gereza, alipoweza kufariji na kutia moyo ndugu wengi wakubali kufia dini, akateswa kikatili na hatimaye akachomwa moto.

Hati za kifodini chake zimetunzwa hadi leo[3][4][5][6][7].

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Kanisa Katoliki na Kanisa la Kiorthodoksi kama mtakatifu mfiadini.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 11 Machi[8][9].

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  2. http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/44510
  3. Lane Fox, R. 1986, Pagans and Christians in the Mediterranean world from the second century AD to the conversion of Constantine, Penguin Books, London, p.460-492
  4. Ehrman, Bart D. (10 Januari 2013). Forgery and Counter-forgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics. OUP USA. uk. 504. ISBN 9780199928033. Iliwekwa mnamo 8 Januari 2018 – kutoka Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
  5. Castelli, Elizabeth Anne (2004). Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making. Columbia University Press. uk. 92. ISBN 978-0-231-12986-2.
  6. Pesthy-Simon, Monika (20 Juni 2017). Isaac, Iphigeneia, Ignatius: Martyrdom and Human Sacrifice. Central European University Press. ku. 213, 236. ISBN 978-963-386-163-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
  7. Kozlowski, Jan M. (2008). "The Portrait of Commodus in Herodian's History (1,7,5-6) as the Source of Pionius' post mortem Description in Martyrium Pionii (22,2-4). Vigiliae Christianae.
  8. Martyrologium Romanum
  9. Livingstone, E. A. (12 Septemba 2013). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. OUP Oxford. uk. 443. ISBN 978-0-19-107896-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
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