Saint Nicon of Sicily

Memorial

• 23 March

Profile

Distinguished Roman soldier. Converted to Christianity while travelling in Palestine. Spiritual student of Theodosius of Cyzicus. Leader of 200 Christian disciples who fled to Sicily to escape persecutions of Decius in Palestine. They could not escape it, however, and all were martyred.

Died

• martyred c.250 in Sicily, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Nicon of Sicily”. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 March 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-nicon-of-sicily/>