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Procopius of Scythopolis
3rd-century martyr and saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 8 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
303
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Caesarea in Palestine, Saint Procopius, martyr, who, brought here from the city of Scythopolis under the emperor Diocletian, was put to death by the judge Fabian at his first bold answers.
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 8 July as a martyr put to death at Caesarea under Diocletian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2466161 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Procopius of Scythopolis (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.