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Dioscorus of Alexandria
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 18 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
305
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Egypt, Saint Dioscorus, martyr, who, the son of a lector, after many kinds of torture, completed his martyrdom by beheading.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 18 May as the son of a lector who was beheaded after many tortures in Egypt.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q16540104 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.