St. Alphaeus
Feastday: November 17
Death: 303
Lector and martyr, a native of Eleutheropolis. He went to Caesarea, in modern Israel, where he became a lector in the parish church. When the persecutions conducted by Emperor Diocletian started, Alphaeus was arrested and tortured, with his companion, Zacchaeus, a deacon at Godara. The two were beheaded when they refused to deny Christ.
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