Name
Ammon, Decian martyr of Egypt
Saint ID
S00232
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
251
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
ID | Title | E00277 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.41-42), quotes a letter in Greek by Dionysios, bishop of Alexandria (Egypt), who, in 250/1, informs Phabios, bishop of Antioch (Syria), about martyrdoms in Egypt during the recent Decian persecution; 27 martyrs are named. Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. |
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