Saint Acestes

Also known as

• Acestres

Memorial

• 2 July

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One of the three soldiers who escorted Saint Paul the Apostle to his death. They were all converted by Paul, and were martyred with him.

Died

• beheaded c.65 at Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Acestes”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 April 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-acestes/>