Saint Peter of Nicomedia

Memorial

• 12 March

Profile

Chamberlain in the palace of Diocletian in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey). Tortured and martyred for his faith during the last persecution of Diocletian.

Died

• flesh torn from his bones, salt and vinegar poured on the wounds, and then roasted to death over a slow fire in 303 at Nicomedia

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 Peter of Nicomedia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 March 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-peter-of-nicomedia/>