Oct 31

Saint Epimachus of Pelusio

October 31st III century

Name
Epimachus (Masculino)
Other saints
Other saints named Epimachus
Dead
in Alejandría, in current Egypt
Celebration
October 31st
In Alexandria, in Egypt, saint Epimachus of Pelusio, martyr, who has the tradition that, in times of persecution under the Emperor Detius, seeing as the prefect was forcing Christians to sacrifice to idols, tried to destroy the altar, being immediately arrested, tortured and beheaded (c. 250). Roman martyrology