Serapion of Alexandria

Saint Serapion, martyr, lived and suffered in the time of the emperor Septimius Severus (193 to 211). An Eastern martyr, celebrated especially among the Greeks, he brought many pagans to the faith and in the end was arrested and died at the stake. He is believed to have been put to death in Macedonia, in the year 195. He is commemorated on 13 July (26 July by the new calendar).

According to a Bulgarian source, Serapion was brought to trial before the governor Aquila, in the persecution in Macedonia, because he was a Christian. He did not deny but confessed firmly before the pagans his faith in Christ as God. He was subjected to torments and thrown into prison. According to his life, he was healed by Jesus Christ and brought to trial again, completely well. He was condemned to be burned and, thrown into the fire, died around the year 205 or 195.

The sources do not agree about the place: one calls Serapion of Alexandria, another of Macedonia, and the year of his death is 195 or 205. He is most often remembered as a martyr of Macedonia.