Hieromartyr
Dius
Presbyter of Alexandria
A presbyter of Alexandria, martyred in 311 in the time of St Peter of Alexandria, according to Eusebius.
- Feast
- September 8old style September 21
- Reposed
- 3114th century
- Place
- Alexandria, Egypt (with Peter of Alexandria)
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Dius was a presbyter at Alexandria and a martyr, put to death in 311 in the time of Saint Peter, bishop of Alexandria. He should not be confused with Dius, the presbyter of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
The historian Eusebius of Caesarea names him among those who died gloriously at Alexandria and throughout Egypt: beside the bishop Peter, "of the presbyters with him Faustus, Dius and Ammonius, perfect martyrs of Christ". The Roman Martyrology commemorates Faustus, Dius and Ammonius on 8 September.
Commemorated the same day September 8
Sergius I of RomeSaint · Bishop of RomeSep 8
Anastasius II of RomeSaint · Bishop of RomeSep 8
Corbinian of FreisingSaint · First Bishop of FreisingSep 8- Æthelburh of KentRight-Believing · Queen of NorthumbriaSep 8
Celestina of RomeMartyrSep 8- Giorgi MkheidzeVenerableSep 8
- Ioane MaisuradzeVenerableSep 8
- Athanasios of XirokriniSaintSep 8
- Ammon, Theophilus, Neoterius and twenty-two companionsHoly Martyrs · Martyrs of AlexandriaSep 8
- AmmoniusHieromartyr · Presbyter of AlexandriaSep 8
- ArtemidorusMartyrSep 8
- Basil RazumovHieromartyrSep 8