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Saint Ephysius of Sardinia

detail of a statue of Saint Ephysius of Sardinia; date unknown, artist unknown; Cagliari, Sardinia; photographed in April 2008 by Giova81; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Ephysius of Cagliari
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15 January
1 May (some confraternity calendars)

Profile

In Rome, Italy, Ephysius gained the favour of emperor Diocletian who made him governor of the island of Sardinia. Convert to Christianity. Diocletian then had him stripped of office, tortured and murdered. Martyr.

Born

in Palestine

beheaded in 303 on Sardinia, Italy
relics transferred to Pisa, Italy

Pre-Congregation

locations in Italy
- Cagliari, city of
- Cagliari, archdiocese of
- Capoterra
- Pisa
- Sardinia

Representation

young soldier receiving a banner and sword from an angel
receiving a vision of Christ before a battle
young man in an oven
young man tied to a stake and preaching to his torturers
young man being beheaded

Additional Information

A Garner of Saints, by Allen Banks Hinds, M.A.
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Roman Martyrology, 1914 edition
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Oxford Dictionary of Saints, by David Hugh Farmer
- Saints and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder

other sites in english
- Catholic Online

images
- Santi e Beati
- Wikimedia Commons

sites en français
- Abbé Stéphane Ansart

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Saint Ephysius of Sardinia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 December 2023. Web. 28 April 2024. <>