Saint Cyril of Gortyna

Memorial

• 9 July

Profile

Elderly bishop of Gortyna, Crete. Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Decius.

Died

• beheaded in 250

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Cyril of Gortyna”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 October 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cyril-of-gortyna/>