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Saint Didymus of Alexandria

detail of a print of Saint Theodora and Saint Didymus exchanging clothes in the brothel; 1712 by Jan Luken; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Memorial

28 April

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Rescued Saint Theodora of Alexandria by trading clothes with her at the house of prostitution where she’d been sentenced. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

beheaded in 304 in Alexandria, Egypt

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

Acts of the Early Martyrs, by Father James A M Fastré, S.J.
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
New Catholic Dictionary
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
Victories of the Martyrs, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Saint Peter’s Basilica Info

video
- YouTube PlayList

MLA Citation

“Saint Didymus of Alexandria“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 December 2022. Web. 13 May 2024. <>