RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Expeditus

300 - 303

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Expeditus (died 303), also known as Expedite, was said to have been a Roman centurion in Armenia who was martyred around April 303 in what is now Turkey, for converting to Christianity. Considered the patron saint of urgent causes, he is also known as the saint of time; he was commemorated by the Catholic Church on 19 April. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Expeditus is the 770th most popular religious figure (up from 783rd in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 362nd in 2019) and the 57th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Expeditus is most famous for being a saint who was martyred in the 3rd century.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Expeditus ranks 770 out of 3,187Before him are Leonardo Sandri, Émile Benveniste, Ananias of Damascus, Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Antipope John XVI, and Gregory Thaumaturgus. After him are Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Lucile Randon, Antipope Paschal III, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Charles I, Count of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Expeditus ranks 17Before him are Theodore of Amasea, Vincent of Saragossa, Macarius of Egypt, Antipope Felix II, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, and Asanga. After him are Narseh, Vātsyāyana, Hormizd II, Domitianus II, Zeno of Verona, and Cyriacus. Among people deceased in 303, Expeditus ranks 5Before him are Saint George, Vitus, Saint Pantaleon, and Erasmus of Formia. After him are Cao Huan, Eulalia of Barcelona, Cyriacus, Agathius, Saint Chrysogonus, Procopius of Scythopolis, and Fermin.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Expeditus ranks 343 out of 1,347Before him are Philo of Byzantium (-280), Candaules (-800), Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758), Gülfem Hatun (1500), Antiochus VII Sidetes (-159), and Gregory Thaumaturgus (213). After him are Aspar (400), Tribonian (475), Bar Hebraeus (1226), Komitas (1869), Theodoret (393), and Apollinaris of Ravenna (101).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Expeditus ranks 57Before him are Pelagia (400), Demetrios I of Constantinople (1914), Theophilus of Antioch (140), Eutyches (380), Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758), and Gregory Thaumaturgus (213). After him are Apollinaris of Ravenna (101), Eutychius of Constantinople (512), Euphemia (289), Papias of Hierapolis (70), Haran (null), and Agabus (100).