Saint Trifone

Memorial

• 3 February

Profile

Raised in a Christian family in a pagan region. Noted miracle worker and exorcist. Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.

Born

• 232 in Frigia (in modern Turkey)

Died

• beheaded c.250
• relics interred in Venice, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Alessandria, Italy
• Cattaro, Dalmatia

Representation

• exorcising a demon from a girl in a palace

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 Trifone”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 September 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-trifone/>