At Alexandria, St. Isychyrion, martyr, who, despising the injuries with which they once loaded him, to oblige him to sacrifice to idols, was pierced in the entrails with a sharp stake, and died in this torment, in 253.
Roman Martyrology
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Ischyrion
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Religious freedom. Being martyred for refusing to worship false idols.