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Our father among the [[saint]]s [[Hieromartyr]] '''Hieromartyr Asitus Bishop of Dyrrachium'''succeeded St. Caesarius, who was the first [[Bishop]] of Dyrrhachium. Asitus was [[martyr]]ed during the reign of the Roman Emperor Trajan (98 to 117). His feast day is [[June 4]].

Saint Astius [Shën Asti] was the [[bishop]] of Dyrrhachium, the modern day city of Durres [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durres], Albania. In During the year 117 A. D. during the rein reign of Roman emperor [[Trajan]], he was arrested by Roman governor Agricola, beaten with leaden rods and oxhide whips and crucified, but he did not renounce Christ. The Romans They then covered his body in honey, and left him to be tortured by bees and hornets. Several other saints joined him as martyrs, as they were considered his sympathizers, being put in chains and thrown in the Adriatic Sea to drown.

His feast day is July 7. ==Sources==*[http://www.serbianorthodoxchurch.net/cgi-bin/saints.cgi?view=961380587297 The Hieromartyr Astius, Bishop of Dyrrachium]*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=101608 Hieromartyr Astius the Bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia]  [[Category: Bishops]][[Category:2nd-century bishops]][[Category: Martyrs]]