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Serapion of Macedonia
martyr (d. 195)
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 13 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
195
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, Saint Serapion, martyr, who under the emperor Septimius Severus and the governor Aquila obtained the crown of martyrdom at the stake.
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 13 July as a martyr burned at the stake at Alexandria under Septimius Severus and the governor Aquila.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1524934 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Serapion of Macedonia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.