Saint Ischyrion
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Saint Ischyrion | |
|---|---|
| Born | Egypt |
| Died | c. 250 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | 22 December |
Saint Ischyrion (or Ischirione; died c. 250) was an Egyptian officer in the Roman army who was martyred in Alexandria during the persecution of the Emperor Decius (r. 249–251). His feast day is 22 December
The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, gave two accounts in their Book of Saints (1921), which may be for the same person,
Ischyrion and Others (SS.) MM. (June 1)
(3rd cent.) An Egyptian and an officer in the Roman army, commonly reputed to have suffered with five others in the persecution under Diocletian (A.D. 300 about). But the Bollandists and other moderns conjecturally identify him with the Saint Ischyrion (December 22), victim, half a century earlier, of the persecution under Decius.[1]Ischyrion (St.) M. (Dec. 22)
(3rd century) An Egyptian Christian, employed either in the civil or in the military administration of the province. He gave his life for his Faith in the Decian persecution (A.D. 250).[1]
Roman Martyrology account
The Roman Martyrology of 1846 states under December 22,
At Alexandria, St. Isychyrion, martyr, who, despising the injuries with which they once loaded him, to oblige him to sacrifice to idols, was pierced in the entrails with a sharp stake, and died in this torment, in 253.[2]
