Saint Dioscorus of Kynopolis

Memorial

• 18 May

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Lector in a church in Kynopolis, Egypt. Martyr.

Died

• burned to death between sheets of red hot metal c.305

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Dioscorus of Kynopolis“. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>