Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Nikonin Sicily

Bishop of Sicily

Venerable Martyr· Red: Colour of spilt blood

“In deadly peril, he remembered the Christian precepts of his mother and, signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, he prayed to God, vowing to be baptized if he were saved.”
St. Nikon in Sicily

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

2nd century

Naples, Roman Empire

Death

251

Sicily, Roman Empire

Life path

  • Monk
  • Bishop
  • Accepted Orthodoxy
  • Soldier

Undertakings & Callings

  • Preaching
  • Confessing the faith

God's Gifts

  • Angel Seer
  • Expelling demons

Sufferings

  • Torture
  • Execution

Eras

  • Persecution in Roman Emp.

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