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Saint Nicon of Sicily

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  • 23 March

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Distinguished Roman soldier. Converted to Christianity while travelling in Palestine. Spiritual student of Theodosius of Cyzicus. Leader of 200 Christian disciples who fled to Sicily to escape persecutions of Decius in Palestine. They could not escape it, however, and all were martyred.

Died

  • martyred c.250 in Sicily, Italy

Canonized

  • Pre-Congregation
Additional Information

  • Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
  • books

    • Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
  • other sites in english

    • Catholic Online

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Nicon of Sicily“. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 March 2016. Web. 7 December 2019. <>

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