Saint Isidore of Chios
- Memorial
- 15 May
- Profile
- Brought Christianity to the Greek island of Chios.
Martyred in the persecution of Decius.
- Born
- in Alexandria, Egypt
- Died
- martyred c.251 at Chios, Greece;
his body was taken to Venice in 1125 and hidden in the palace of the Doge;
it was re-discovered in the early 14th century and translated to a chapel in Saint Mark's Cathedral;
the skull was discovered on Chios, encased in a silver and jewell reliquary, and translated to Venice in 1627
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