Saint Andronicus

Memorial

• 11 October

Profile

Roman soldier. Convert. Arrested, tortured and thrown to the arena animals during the persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian.

Born

• 239 at Claudiopolis, Isauria, Ephesus

Died

• stabbed to death c.304 by Roman soldiers at Tarsus after being mauled but not killed by animals in the arena

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Andronicus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 October 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-andronicus/>