Martyr · 19th century
Martyr Peter the Aleut
Also known as Cungagnaq · Protomartyr of America
An Orthodox Aleut youth captured by Spanish authorities in California and killed after refusing to abandon Orthodoxy; honored as the Protomartyr of America.
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Notes
Among the Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints