Saint Silvan died in 350 (circa). There is little known
about this beautiful saint except that he was martyred in the fourth century.
Look closely at the picture and you can see a large slice in
his neck, an obvious clue to his martyrdom. Also you can see an embroidered
cross on the front of his garment indicating that he may have been a priest or
some other cleric.
St Silvan’s magnificently incorrupt body can be viewed in the Church of St. Blaise in Dubrovnik (Croatia), where his body was brought from Rome in 1847.
Considering his body is over 1,600 years old, it is remarkably preserved.
