Saint Colluthus is aCopticsaint andmartyr of the 3rd century AD said to be fromAntinoöpolis.
According to his Hagiography, Colluthus' father was the governor of theUpper Egyptian city ofAnsena. His parents were bothChristians. He lived a celibate, although his sister was married toArianus, who became Ansena's governor after the departure of Colluthus' father.
Colluthus was a physician who did not charge money for his services. WhenRoman emperorDiocletian began his persecutions of Christians, Arianus apostatized in order to keep his position as a governor. When Colluthus rebuked Arianus for persecuting the Christians, Arianus sent him to the governor ofOxyrhynchus who threw him in prison for three years. Colluthus' sister unsuccessfully mediated for his release. After three years, a different governor of Oxyrhynchus took Colluthus out of prison, tortured him, and eventually cut his head off on25 Pashons.
The emperor Galerius ended theDiocletianic Persecution with theEdict of Serdica in 311. AfterChristianity wasdeclared one of theEmpire's legal religions by the emperorConstantine I, a church was built for Saint Colluthus, where his relics were placed.
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