 A late tradition made him the first bishop of Brescia where his feast day is celebrated on September 24.Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Anathalon, except that he had a Greek name, that he was bishop of Milan at the end 2nd-century or early 3rd-century, and that he died during a pastoral trip in Brescia, which was under his jurisdiction.Middle age texts add biographic details which are to be considered legendary.