Saint Dasya the Soldier () or Daysa the Egyptian, was a

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of the third century. He was born in Tanda,

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(, modern Tida in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate), and served as a soldier in the Roman army. Refusing to deny

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, Dasya was

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d by Arianus, governor of Ansena, who inflicted great tortures on him, eventually cutting off his head. He is a saint in the Coptic Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. His feast in the Coptic Orthodox Church is on 2 Thout.

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