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Saint

Nicanor of Egypt

A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Bede, on 5 April; few details survive.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
April 5old style April 18
Era
unknown
Place
Egypt

Life

The name Nicanor of Egypt appears in the martyrology attributed to Bede, on 5 April, and in the Hieronymian martyrology, in a list of names linked with Egypt. No other details have survived. He is counted among the saints of the undivided Church; the source shows no synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day April 5