May 132009
- 1 June
- formerly 22 December
Profile
Steward and servant of an Alexandrian magistrate in Roman imperial Egypt. During the persecutions of Decius, Ischyrion’s employer demanded that he renounce Christianity and sacrifice to pagan gods. When Ischyrion refused, the magistrate ordered him beaten and martyred.
Born
- impaled c.250 at Alexandria, Egypt
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Exchange
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
