Martyrs of Upper Egypt

Memorial

• 5 January

Profile

There were many martyrs who suffered in the persecutions of Diocletian in the Thebaid region. Though we know these atrocities occurred, to the point that witnesses claim the torturers and executioners were exhausted by the work, we do not know the names of the saints, and we honour them as a group.

Died

• beheaded and burned alive in 303 in Upper Egypt

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Upper Egypt“. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 January 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>