Saint Aedesius of Alexandria

Memorial

• 8 April

Profile

Brother of Saint Apphian. Publicly reproved a judge who had forced nuns to work in brothels in order to break them of their faith. Tortured and martyred.

Died

drowned in 306

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aedesius of Alexandria“. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 April 2013. Web. 18 June 2013. <>