Martyr 19th century
Martyr Peter the Aleut
Also known as Cungagnaq · Protomartyr of America
An Orthodox Aleut youth captured by Spanish authorities in California and killed after refusing to abandon Orthodoxy; honored as the Protomartyr of America.
Feast Day
September 24
Their life
An Orthodox Aleut youth captured by Spanish authorities in California and killed after refusing to abandon Orthodoxy; honored as the Protomartyr of America.
Notes
Among the Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints