Saint Benjamin the Deacon

Memorial: 31 March
Profile: Deacon. Imprisoned for a year for his faith, he was released on condition that he never speak about Christianity where he could be heard by any of the royal court. Benjamin then became a street preacher, proclaiming the word any place he could find people. For his obstinant evangelization during the persecutions of king Varanes, he was arrested, tortured and martyred.
Born: Persian
Died: impaled on a stake c.424 in Persia
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Name Meaning: son of the right hand
Additional Information: Catholic Exchange
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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