Saint Orestes of Sebaste

Memorial

• 13 December

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• roasted to death on a gridiron c.302 at Sebaste, Armenia (in modern Turkey)
• relics enshrined at the church of Saint Apollinaris in Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Orestes of Sebaste“. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 January 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>