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Leontius of Alexandria
Christian martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 12 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
300
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Alexandria in Egypt, Saints Cronides, Leontius and Serapion, martyrs, who are said to have been drowned in the sea for having confessed the name of Christ under the emperor Maximinus.
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 12 September as a martyr at Alexandria said to have been drowned for confessing Christ.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q66661046 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.