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Also known as

• Ischirione

Memorial

• 1 June
• formerly 22 December

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Steward and servant of an Alexandrian magistrate in Roman imperial Egypt. During the persecutions of Decius, Ischyrion’s employer demanded that he renounce Christianity and sacrifice to pagan gods. When Ischyrion refused, the magistrate ordered him beaten and martyred.

Born

• Egyptian

Died

• impaled on a sharp pole c.250 in Alexandria, Egypt

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ischyrion“. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 August 2020. Web. 20 April 2021. <>