Saint Zeno of Nicomedia

Memorial

• 22 December

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Roman soldier. As the emperor Diocletian offered sacrifice to a statue of the goddess Ceres, Zeno laughed at and ridiculed the whole procedure. His jaw was shattered for having spoken, and he then was martyred for his sentiment.

Died

• beheaded in 303 in Nicomedia (modern Turkey)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Zeno of Nicomedia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 December 2010. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-zeno-of-nicomedia/>