Saint Abdon
![[Saint Abdon]](sainta52.jpg "??kb jpg detail from an icon of Saint Abdon; icon by the Hieromonk Cassien, Greek Old Calendar Hermitage, Clara, France")
- Memorial
- 30 July
- Profile
- Cooper.
With Saint Senen, he befriended Christians persecuted under Diocletian.
Tortured and executed when they were found collecting the remains of martyrs in order to give them a respectable burial.
Martyr.
- Born
- Persian
- Died
- martyred c.250 at Rome
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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barrel makers,
coopers
- Additional Information
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- Print References
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Book of Saints: Dictionary of the Servants of God
New Catholic Dictionary
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