Saint Eutropius

Memorial

• 12 January

Profile

Lector in Constantinople. Active supporter of Saint John Chrysostom during his exile. To silence him, Eutropius was arrested and exiled on trumped up charges of trying to burn down the Constantinople cathedral and senate.

Died

• c.405 in Asia Minor of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eutropius”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-eutropius/>