Saint Gentian

Memorial

• 11 December

Profile

Elderly convert to Christianity. When troops arrested Saint Victoricus and Saint Fuscian, Gentian objected and was martyred on the spot.

Died

• beheaded in 287 in Saint Aux-Bois, Gaul (in modern France)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gentian”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 December 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gentian/>