Saint Nicon
- Memorial
- 23 March
- Profile
- Distinguished Roman soldier.
Converted to Christianity while travelling in Palestine.
Spiritual student of Theodosius of Cyzicus.
Leader of 200 Christian disciples who fled to Sicily to escape persecutions of Decius in Palestine.
They could not escape it, however, and all were martyred.
- Died
- martyred c.250 in Sicily
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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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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