Saint Leonidas of Alexandria – Saint of the Day – April 22

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St. Leonidas of Alexandria Biography

St. Leonidas of Alexandria Profile. Born: unknown in Egypt, Africa. Worked in Egypt. Died: 202 in Alexandria, Egypt. Feast Day is celebrated on April 22.

The Memorial of St. Leonidas of Alexandria – Saint of the Day

St. Leonidas of Alexandria Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date

Date of Birth unknown
Country of Birth Egypt in Africa
Matrimony/Holy Orders Saints who were Married
Profession Layman
Place of Work Egypt
Date of Death 202
Place of Death Alexandria, Egypt
Feast Day April 22
Beatification  
Canonization Canonized by Pre-Congregation
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Saint Leonidas of Alexandria
St. Leonidas of Alexandria

Saint’s Biography

Saint Leonidas of Alexandria was beheaded in 202 at Alexandria, Egypt leaving seven children orphans. The eldest of whom, in fact, Origen, was just seventeen whom he raised and taught.

History describes the care with which Leonidas educated his son in the study of the Sacred Scriptures before that of the letters. He thanked God for having had a child so early enthusiastic about the way of God, how he recognized the hand of God in the child, and at night, when he slept, he stopped to kiss his chest as if it were a shrine of the Holy Spirit.

He had preserved a fragment of the letter that his seventeen-year-old son sent to him in prison to urge him never give up.


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