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Hieromartyr

Faustus

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

Faustus was a presbyter at Alexandria and a martyr, put to death in 311 in the time of Saint Peter, bishop of Alexandria.

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