Saint Agatho of Alexandria

Memorial

• 7 December

Profile

Soldier in Alexandria, Egypt. When he prevented a mob of pagans from desecrating the bodies of Christian martyrs killed in the persecutions of Decius, the mob dragged him to court where he confessed to being a Christian himself. Martyr.

Died

• martyred in 250 in Alexandria, Egypt

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Agatho of Alexandria”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 May 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-agatho-of-alexandria/>