Saint Daniel of Cilicia

Memorial

• 16 February

Profile

Ministered to Christians who were condemned to work the mines of Cilicia in the persecutions of Maximus. This exposed Daniel’s faith, and he was arrested, tortured and martryed by order of the governor Firmilian.

Born

• Egyptian

Died

• beheaded in 309

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

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 Daniel of Cilicia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 February 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>