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Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria

Also known as Philosophus of Alexandria

A young Christian of Alexandria who, bound and tempted to sin that he might be made to fall, overcame the snare by his own resolve, and after torture was beheaded under Decius.

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Notes

Distinct from the New Hieromartyr Philosophos of St Petersburg (same day).

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints