Justin de Naplouse
v. 100-165 2nd century Feast day: June 1
To seek the truth wherever it shines, and to recognize it whole in Christ.
Who was Justin de Naplouse?
A philosopher born in Samaria, he sought the truth among the Stoics, Pythagoreans, and Platonists, until he met an old man who spoke to him of Christ. Becoming a Christian without laying aside the philosopher's cloak, he opened a school in Rome and defended the faith before the emperor in his Apologies. Denounced, he refused to sacrifice to the gods and was beheaded with his companions.
In their own words
We who valued above all things the acquisition of wealth and possessions, now bring what we have into a common stock, and communicate to every one in need.
Those who lived reasonably are Christians, even though they have been thought atheists; as, among the Greeks, Socrates and Heraclitus, and men like them.
Whatever things were rightly said among all men, are the property of us Christians.