Hieromartyr
Pachymius
Bishop in Egypt
An Egyptian bishop martyred in the persecution of Diocletian, named by Eusebius among the shepherds slain then.
- Era
- 4th century
- Place
- Egypt
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Pachymius was a bishop in Egypt and a martyr in the time of the persecution of Diocletian.
Eusebius of Caesarea names him among the shepherds of the Egyptian churches who suffered then: together with Peter, bishop of Alexandria, and the presbyters Faustus, Dius and Ammonius, he mentions the bishops Phileas, Hesychius, Pachymius and Theodorus, "and besides them many other distinguished persons" commemorated by the churches of their country. Eusebius says that he cannot relate the struggle of each. No other account of the life or death of Pachymius survives.