Serapion of Algiers

Saint

Serapion of Algiers

OdeM
The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion by Francisco de Zurbarán.
Martyr
Born1179
England
Died14 November 1240
Scotland
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified23 March 1625, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized14 April 1728, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Benedict XIII
Feast14 November
AttributesMercedarian habit, crucified
PatronageDiocese of Azul

Serapion of Algiers (1179 – 14 November 1240) was an English[1] Catholic Mercedarian priest and martyr. Thomas O'Loughlin says Serapion was Scottish by birth.[2] Serapion is acknowledged as a proto-martyr. He was the first of his Order to merit the palm of martyrdom by being crucified and cut to pieces.

  1. ^ Stanton, Richard. A Menology of England and Wales, Burns & Oates, 1887, p. 539
  2. ^ O'Loughlin. Thomas. "Martyrs", Encyclopedia of Monasticism, (William M. Johnston, ed.), Routledge, 2013, ISBN 9781136787164 p. 832