Saint Abdon

Memorial

• 30 July

Profile

Cooper. With Saint Senen, he befriended Christians persecuted under Diocletian. Tortured and executed when they were found collecting the remains of martyrs in order to give them a respectable burial. Martyr.

Born

• Persian

Died

• martyred c.250 at Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• barrel makers
• coopers

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Abdon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 April 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-abdon/>