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Born Pantoleon (Gr. “in all-things like a lion”), this pagan took the name Panteleimon (Gr. “All-Merciful”) upon being baptized. He belongs to a group of Saints known as Holy Unmercenaries (Άγιοι Ανάργυροι): saints who healed without asking for payment – something very uncommon during the first millennium.
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The icon of St Panteleimon above is from the early 13th century and shows the Saint holding a martyr’s cross along with the normal medicine box. The icon is a vita icon, that is, it contains scenes from Panteleimon’s life, particularly his martyrdom. The scenes shown are:
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Top Row: The priest Hermolaos adopting Panteleirnon; Panteleimon learning medicine from Hermolaos; Panteleimon praying for a child bitten by a snake; Panteleimon resurrecting the child.
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Left Side: Panteleimon killing the snake; Panteleimon healing the blind man; Panteleimon raising the paralytic; Panteleimon in a vat of boiling lead.
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Right Side: Panteleimon baptized; Panteleimon destroying the idols; Panteleimon scraped and burned; Pantcleimon put among the wild beasts.
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Bottom Row: Panteleitnon thrown into the sea; Panteleimon and the wheel studded with nails, which turns on his torturers; Panteleimon beheaded; the burial of Panteleimon.
Source: https://iconreader.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/holy-martyr-panteleimon-the-unmercenary/