Saint Acacius the Martyr

Memorial

• formerly 22 June
• removed from calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969

Profile

Martyred at Mount Ararat with 10,000 Roman soldier converts under his command. The story, popular in the Middle Ages, has been determined to be pious fiction, mistaken centuries ago for history, and the name has been dropped from the calendar.

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Acacius the Martyr”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 January 2011. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-acacius-the-martyr/>