Saint Severus of Heraclea
Profile
Deacon to Saint Philip in Heraclea. Arrested in the persecutions of Diocletian and ordered to turn over all scriptures; he refused. Martyr.
- burned at the stake in 304 in Adrianople (modern Edirne, Turkey)
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Severus of Heraclea“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 October 2013. Web. 16 August 2018. <>