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[[Saint]] The holy, glorious and right-victorious Martyr '''Chrysanthus''' (or ''Chrysanthos'') is a [[hieromartyr]] who was killed around AD 283. He is commemorated on [[March 19]] along with his wife St. [[Daria]].

Chrysanthus was the only child of an Alexandrian nobleman living in Rome. He was given the best education one could get at that time, and, after reading pagan books which spoke of Christianity, he decided to learn about the new religion himself. He was given a copy of the Four [[Gospels]] and the [[Acts of the Apostles]]. He quickly finished them and converted to Christianity. His father, upon learning of his son's conversion, tried to tempt Chrysanthus with several prostitutes. Chrysanthus chased them all off and maintained his chastity. His father, in exasperation, finally arranged for him a [[marriage]] to a virgin-priestess of Athena, named Daria. Chrysanthus agreed to the marriage but told Daria that he intended on living in chastity. Daria also wished to continue her virginal status and was converted to Christianity on their wedding day. The Emporer Emperor Numerian, feeling threatened by the large number of people that Daria and Chrysanthus converted, decided to have Chrysanthus tortured. Both Chrysanthus and Daria were [[martyr]]ed by being put in a large earthen pit, which was then covered by stones, slowly crushing them to death, in the year AD 283. 

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==External links==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100830 Martyr Chrysanthus and those with him at Rome] ([[OCA]])*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=465 Chrysanthos & Daria the Martyrs] ([[GOARCH]]) [[Category: Martyrs]][[Category: Saints]][[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints]][[Category:3rd-century saints]] [[ro:Hrisant]]