Saint Benjamin the Deacon

Memorial

• 31 March

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Deacon. Imprisoned for a year for his faith, he was released on condition that he never speak about Christianity where he could be heard by any of the royal court. Benjamin then became a street preacher, proclaiming the word any place he could find people. For his obstinate evangelization during the persecutions of king Varanes, he was arrested, tortured and martyred.

Born

• Persian

Died

• impaled on a stake c.424 in Persia

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Storefront

• medals and pendants

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Benjamin the Deacon“. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 April 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>