Feast November 14
Serapion of Algiers
Venerable · Martyr, patron of Diocese of Azul · Feast November 14
Biography
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.
Feast day
November 14
Patronage
- Diocese of Azul
Birth date
1179
Death date
14 November 1240
Canonization status
Venerable
Canonization date
14 April 1728
Canonized by
Pope Benedict XIII
Feast month
11
Feast day of month
14