Saint Chrysanthus

[Saint Chrysanthus and Daria]
Memorial
25 October
Profile
Married to Saint Daria. Zealous and public in his Christianity. Martyred under Numerian and Carinus.

Not surprisingly, many legends developed around couple of married martyrs, and others were rewritten to use them as their lead characters. Modern scholarship has dismissed all these leaving only two of the thousands of faithful lost in the early days of the Church.
Born
Egyptian
Died
stoned to death c.283 in a sandpit off the Salarian Way; relics at Münstereifel
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
Eissel, Germany
Salzburg, Austria
Representation
ox skin
sandpit
Additional Information
Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Holy Protection Russian Orthodox Church
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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