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Hesychius of Alexandria
bishop and martyr at Alexandria
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 25 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
With him are commemorated three Egyptian bishops, Hesychius, Pachomius and Theodore, who, also at Alexandria, suffered together with many others in the same persecution and rose to heaven cruelly pierced through with the sword.
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 25 November as an Egyptian bishop who suffered at Alexandria with many others in the same persecution and was cruelly pierced through with the sword.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11709720 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.