Holy Martyrs
Martyrs of Alexandria
A group of martyrs of Alexandria, remembered together; few details survive.
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- Feast
- February 9old style February 22
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The Martyrs of Alexandria are two groups of Christians, honoured as saints by several Christian confessions.
One group is of thirty-nine Egyptian Christians, with unknown names, who suffered martyrdom on an unknown date, during the persecutions of the Arians, while they were at the service in a church. Their commemoration is on 9 February. The manuscript of Trier is the only one that says the martyrdom took place at Alexandria.
The other group was of Christians (priests, deacons and faithful) of Alexandria who, in the time of the emperor Gallienus, when an epidemic of plague was raging in the city, stayed in it to help and care for the sick. All died of contagion, for which reason they were considered martyrs. Their feast is on 28 February.
Commemorated the same day February 9
Apollonia of AlexandriaMartyr · of AlexandriaFeb 9
Pancras of TaorminaHieromartyr · Bishop of TaorminaFeb 9
Teilo of LlandaffSaint · Bishop of LlandaffFeb 9
Peter of DamascusVenerable · Author in the PhilokaliaFeb 9
Nicephorus of AntiochMartyrFeb 9
Gennady of VazheozeroVenerable · Hermit of VazheozeroFeb 9- AthenodorusSaintFeb 9
- Nikephoros of VazheozeroVenerable · Founder of the Vazheozero hermitageFeb 9
- Alexander of VologdaRighteous · Priest of VologdaFeb 9
- Nikephoros of BorovskVenerable · HegumenFeb 9
- Aemilianus and BrachioHoly VenerablesFeb 9
- Aemilianus of PionsatSaintFeb 9