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
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Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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