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Memnon of Bizye
centurion and martyr at Bizye
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 3 July (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
At Bizye in Thrace, now in Turkey, Saint Memnon, martyr, who, a centurion brought to the faith by Saint Severus, was subjected together with him to fearful tortures in the time of Diocletian and Maximian, and was the first of the two to enter heaven as a victor.
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 3 July as the centurion brought to the faith by Saint Severus who was tortured with him under Diocletian and Maximian.
Sources
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