Felipe de Alejandría
Who they were
The hieromartyr Philip of Alexandria is a Christian saint and early Christian martyr, the father of Saint Eugenia of Rome. Under the Roman Emperor Commodus, Philip was appointed eparch of all Egypt. On the emperor's orders he drove the Christians out of the city of Alexandria, but allowed them to live outside the city and practise their faith freely.
Summary translated from the Serbian Wikipedia article Филип Александријски (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- Roman Martyrology (1916 English edition), 13 September — 'At Alexandria, the birthday of blessed Philip, father of the virgin St. Eugenia. Resigning the dignity of prefect of Egypt, he obtained the grace of baptism. His successor, the prefect Terentius, caused him to be pierce
- Wikidata Q20438071 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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