Saint Chrysanthus
Also known as
- Crisaunt
- Crescentius
- Crisanto
Profile
Married to Saint Daria. Zealous and public in his Christianity. Martyred in the persecutions of Numerian and Carinus.
Not surprisingly, many legends developed around a couple of married martyrs, and others were re-written to use them as their lead characters. Modern scholarship has dismissed all these, leaving only two of the thousands of faithful who lost their lives in the early days of the Church.
Born
- stoned to death c.283 in a sandpit off the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy
- relics at Bad Münstereifel, Germany
- ox skin
- sand pit
MLA Citation
- “Saint Chrysanthus“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 August 2020. Web. 28 February 2021. <>