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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Erastus

Presbyter of Alexandria

A presbyter and martyr of Alexandria, also called Aristus, commemorated in the Syriac and Roman Martyrologies.

Feast
April 21old style May 4
Era
unknown
Place
Alexandria
Order
Martyrs

Life

Erastus, also called Aristus, was a presbyter at Alexandria and a martyr, a saint of the undivided Church.

The Syriac Martyrology of 411 commemorates him on 21 April, by the Julian calendar (old style), as "Aristus, presbyter at Alexandria", and the Latin Hieronymian Martyrology and the Roman Martyrology name him in the same city. No account of his life or of the manner of his suffering has survived.

Commemorated the same day April 21