The Holy Martyr Nicander suffered in Egypt under the emperor Diocletian (284-305). He was a physician and during a time of persecution he visited Christians in prison. He assisted them, brought them food, and buried the dead.
Once, he came to the place where
the bodies of the martyrs were thrown to be eaten by wild beasts.
Fearing to bury them by day, he waited for night and buried the bodies
under cover of darkness. They discovered Saint Nicander and subjected
him to terrible tortures: they skinned him alive and then beheaded him
in 302.
His hiding place was revealed by a certain ungrateful beggar who had brought him food. The saint used to feed him and help him with money, but the man betrayed him for two pieces of gold. Sabinus was seized with six other Christians, and after torture they were all drowned in the Nile in 287.
From here & here.
See also
The Orthodox Church of Alexandria & the Patriarchate of Alexandria
The holy anarchists... in the Egyptian Desert
Orthodox Egypt (tag)
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