Saint Ammonius the Deacon

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• 26 March

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Deacon at Pentapolis, Lybia. Tortured, his tongue was cut out and he was left for dead, but he survived. However, because he was willing to die, and because there were attempts to kill him, he is considered a martyr.

Died

• c.310

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ammonius the Deacon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 January 2011. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ammonius-the-deacon/>