Saint Serapion of Algiers
Patron of Diocese of Azul
Feast day: November 14
1179 – 1240
Serapion of Algiers was an English Catholic Mercedarian priest and martyr. Thomas O'Loughlin says Serapion was Scottish by birth. 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.
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