Metras of Alexandria

Holy Martyr Metras of Alexandria was an old Christian, killed by the mob in the year 249, before the official persecution of Decius. His story is preserved by Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria, in a letter quoted by the historian Eusebius.

According to tradition, the pagans forced him to utter words of blasphemy and, when he refused, beat him with clubs, pierced his face and eyes with sharp reeds, then led him to the suburb and killed him with stones. Alexandria then knew an outbreak of the hatred of the crowd against Christians, in which other martyrs were also killed, among them Quinta and Apollonia.