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Memnon the Centurion
centurion and martyr at Bizye
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Feast: 23 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Bizye in Thrace, now in Turkey, Saint Severus, martyr, who, in the time of Diocletian and Maximian, longing for the palm of the martyrs, is held to have brought the centurion Saint Memnon to the faith and to have followed him in the glorious trial.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 July as the centurion brought to the faith by Saint Severus at Bizye, whom Severus then followed in the glorious trial.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R5dc0e28f — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.