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Protus of Alexandria
martyr at Alexandria
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 14 February (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 Alexandria in Egypt, commemoration of the holy martyrs Bassianus, Thonius, Protus and Lucius, who were thrown into the sea, Cyrion, priest, Agatho, exorcist, and Moses, who were burned at the stake, and Dionysius and Ammonius, who, pierced with the sword, reached eternal glory.
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 14 February as a martyr at Alexandria who was thrown into the sea.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rd7e37b2c — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.