Saint Julius of Aqfahs
(with his brother and his son)
PAINTED BY:
Ibrahim el-Nasekh
LOCATION
Coptic Church of Saint Mercurius
Known as the Historian of the Martyrs, Saint Julius is credited in Coptic tradition with recording the deeds and preserving the relics of the martyrs during the Diocletian persecution in which he also perished, along with his son and his brother.
Source: Coptic Icons, vol. I
(Cairo, Egypt: Lehnert & Landrock, 1998): 111.