Saint Theodatus of Ancyra

Also known as

• Theodotus

Memorial

• 18 May

Profile

Married innkeeper and vintner in Ancyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey). Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for giving Christian burial to seven martyred nuns.

Died

• martyred c.304 in Ancyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• hotel keepers
• innkeepers

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Theodatus of Ancyra”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 May 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-theodatus-of-ancyra/>