St Dioscorus of Kynopolis – Feast Day – May 18

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Saint Dioscorus of Kynopolis was a Lector born in the 3rd century AD in Egypt and died as a martyr in 305 in Kynopolis, Egypt. We celebrate his feast day on May 18 every year in the Catholic Church.

The Memorial of St. Dioscorus of Kynopolis – Feast Day

St Dioscorus of Kynopolis Biography

Date of Birth 3rd century AD
Country of Birth Egypt in Africa
Profession Lector
Place of Work Egypt
Date of Death 305 AD
Place of Death Kynopolis, Egypt
Feast Day May 18
Canonization Pre-Congregation

Saint’s Biography

St Dioscorus was a Lector in a church in Kynopolis in Egypt. He was burned In 305 AD between sheets of red-hot metal in Egypt and died as a martyr.

Saint Dioscorus of Kynopolis
St. Dioscorus of Kynopolis

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