Saint Chrysanthus

Also known as

• Crisaunt
• Crescentius

Memorial

• 25 October

Profile

Married to Saint Daria. Zealous and public in his Christianity. Martyred in the persecutions of Numerian and Carinus.

Not surprisingly, many legends developed around a couple of married martyrs, and others were re-written to use them as their lead characters. Modern scholarship has dismissed all these, leaving only two of the thousands of faithful who lost their lives in the early days of the Church.

Born

• Egyptian

Died

• stoned to death c.283 in a sandpit off the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy
• relics at Bad Münstereifel, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Eissel, Germany
• Salzburg, Austria

Representation

• ox skin
• sand pit

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
• Golden Legend
• Holy Protection Russian Orthodox Church
• Katherine Rabenstein
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Chrysanthus“. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 February 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>