Bishop on The African Fathers

Quintus, Simplicius and Companions

you@example.com (Your Name) — Mon, 18 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 255.
Feast Day: Dec 18

Martyrs in North Africa under the Emperors Decius and Valerian.

Valerian

you@example.com (Your Name) — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 457.
Feast Day: Dec 15

Bishop of Abbenza in North Africa who, aged over eighty, was left to die of exposure for refusing to give up the sacred vessels. He died under the Arian Genseric King of the Vandals.

Restitutus

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sat, 09 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: unknown / date uncertain.
Feast Day: Dec 9

Bishop of Carthage in North Africa.

Papinianus and Mansuetus

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 5th cent.
Feast Day: Nov 28

Bishops in North Africa martyred under the Arian Vandal King Genseric.

Valerian, Urban, Crescens, Eustace, Cresconius, Crescentian, Felix, Hortulanus and Florentian

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 5th cent.
Feast Day: Nov 28

Bishops from North Africa exiled by the Arian King Genseric. They reposed in exile and were afterwards honoured as confessors for Orthodoxy.

Gelasius I

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 496.
Feast Day: Nov 21

Born in Africa, he became Pope of Rome in 492. He was one of the most energetic bishops of his time.

Quintian

you@example.com (Your Name) — Mon, 13 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 527.
Feast Day: Nov 13

Born in North Africa, he fled to France to escape the Arian-Vandal persecution. Eventually he became Bishop of Rodez, but was exiled by the Arian Visigoths. He went to Auvergne where he succeeded St Euphrasius as Bishop of Clermont.

Quintinus

you@example.com (Your Name) — Mon, 13 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 527.
Feast Day: Nov 13

Born in North Africa, he fled to France to escape the Arian-Vandal persecution. Eventually he became Bishop of Rodez, but was exiled by the Arian Visigoths. He went to Auvergne where he succeeded St Euphrasius as Bishop of Clermont.

Gaudiosus of Naples

you@example.com (Your Name) — Fri, 27 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 455.
Feast Day: Oct 27

Bishop of Abitina in North Africa and exiled by the Arian Vandal King Genseric (440), he took refuge at Naples where he founded a monastery.

Felix (Africanus), Audactus (Adauctus), Januarius, Fortunatus and Septimus

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 303.
Feast Day: Oct 24

Felix was a Bishop of Thibiuca in North Africa, martyred with others for refusing to deliver up the sacred books. He was one of the first victims of Diocletian.

Felix and Cyprian

you@example.com (Your Name) — Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 484.
Feast Day: Oct 12

Two bishops in North Africa, leaders of a great multitude of Orthodox - the number of four thousand nine hundred and sixty-six is usually given- driven to starvation and death in the Sahara Desert by the Arian Vandal King, Hunneric.

Cerbonius

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 580.
Feast Day: Oct 10

One of the bishops in North Africa driven from their sees by the Arian Vandals. He settled at Piombino in Tuscany in Italy and was a bishop there.

Maximian

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 03 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 404.
Feast Day: Oct 3

A convert from Donatism, he became Bishop of Bagaia in Numidia in North Africa. Having deprived the Donatists of the basilica of Calvianum, he was grievously wounded and thrown off a tower by them.

Cyprian

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 200-258.
Feast Day: Sept 16

Thascius Cecilianus Cyprianus was born in North Africa. He became a lawyer, was converted to Orthodoxy and consecrated Bishop of Carthage in 248. He wrote numerous treatises on theological subjects, one of the most important being De Unitate Catholicae Ecclesiae, and wrote numerous letters. He is one of the greatest Fathers of the Church and he was a model of compassion, discretion and pastoral zeal. Cyprian went into hiding during the persecution of Decius but was arrested and beheaded under Valerian.

Nemesian, Felix, Lucius, another Felix, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader, Dativus and Companions

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sun, 10 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 257.
Feast Day: Sept 10

Nine bishops of Numidia in North Africa who with numerous other clergy and laypeople were condemned to slavery in the marble quarries of Sigum where they ended their lives. A letter of St Cyprian addressed to them still exists.

Priscus, Castrensis, Tammarus, Rosius, Heraclius, Secundinus, Adjutor, Mark, Augustus, Elpidius, Canion and Vindonius

you@example.com (Your Name) — Fri, 01 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 5th cent.
Feast Day: Sept 1

Priscus, a bishop in North Africa, and his priests were cast adrift in a boat by the Arian Vandals. They reached the south of Italy, where eventually Priscus became Bishop of Capua.

Martyrs of Massa Candida

you@example.com (Your Name) — Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: d. 253 (some sources say 258).
Feast Day: 24 August

During the persecution of Valerian, the proconsul Galerius Maximus brought imprisoned Christians from Carthage to Utica, offering them a choice between being cast into a pit of burning lime or sacrificing to idols. Reportedly between 150 and 300 Christians, encouraged by their bishop Kodratos, chose the lime pit and died together; Kodratos himself was executed four days later. Because their remains formed one fused mass, they became known as the ‘White Mass’ or Massa Candida.

Victor of Vita

you@example.com (Your Name) — Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 535.
Feast Day: Aug 23

Born in Carthage in North Africa, he was either bishop there or in Utica. He wrote a very important work in three books named “A History of the African Province Persecution, in the Times of Genseric and Huneric, the Kings of the Vandals” documenting the cruelty practiced against Orthodox Christians of Northern Africa by the Arian Vandals.

Quadratus

you@example.com (Your Name) — Mon, 21 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 3rd cent.
Feast Day: Aug 21

A Bishop of Utica in North Africa who taught both clergy and laity to confess Christ. They were all martyred. St Quadratus was greatly revered in Africa.

Alipius (Alypius)

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 430.
Feast Day: Aug 15

A disciple and lifelong friend of St. Augustine, he was also baptised in Milan on Easter Eve 387. On his return to Africa he lived as a hermit. St Alipius then visited Palestine and in about 393 he became Bishop of Tagaste in North Africa.

Firmus of Tagaste

you@example.com (Your Name) — Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: unknown / date uncertain.
Feast Day: July 31

Bishop of Tagaste in North Africa, he was tortured and endured terrible sufferings rather than betray the hiding-place of one of his flock.

Epenetus of Carthage

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: d. 64.
Feast Day: 30 July

One of the Seventy Apostles and a disciple of the Savior, Epenetus was made bishop at Carthage, establishing one of the earliest episcopal sees in North Africa and considered a foundational figure in North African Christianity. In his Epistle to the Romans, the Apostle Paul greets Epenetus as ’the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ’ (Rom. 16:5).

Eugene, Salutaris, Muritta and Companions

you@example.com (Your Name) — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 505.
Feast Day: July 13

Eugene became Bishop of Carthage in North Africa in 481 but was soon afterwards expelled by the Arian Vandals with many of his flock, some of them mere boys. They were exiled to the desert of Tripoli, where they suffered greatly. In 488 they were allowed to return to Carthage, but Eugene was exiled again eight years later and reposed at Albi in Italy. All the above are considered to be martyrs because of their sufferings.

Gregory, Demetrius and Calogerus of Fragalata

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 5th cent.
Feast Day: June 18

Respectively a bishop, an archdeacon and an abbot in North Africa, from where they were driven out by Arian Vandals. They settled in Fragalata near Messina in Sicily and preached the Gospel there. They are honoured as the patron-saints of Fragalata.

Augustine of Hippo

you@example.com (Your Name) — Thu, 15 Jun 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: b. 354, d. 430.
Feast Day: 15 June

Born in Thagaste to a pagan father and Christian mother (St Monica), Augustine spent years under the influence of Manichaeism before his conversion and baptism by St Ambrose of Milan in 387. Ordained priest and later Bishop of Hippo (391-430), he wrote prolifically, including ‘The City of God’ and ‘Confessions,’ combating the Donatist, Manichaean, and Pelagian heresies. He died in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, and is regarded as the towering theological figure of North African Christianity.

Optatus of Milevis

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sun, 04 Jun 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 387.
Feast Day: June 4

Bishop of Milevis in Numidia in North Africa. He opposed Donatism, writing six treatises against them which were praised by his contemporaries.

Possidius

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 16 May 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 370-c 440.
Feast Day: May 16

Bishop of Calama in Numidia in North Africa, when he was driven out by Arian Vandals, reposing in Apulia in Italy. He opposed both Donatism and Pelagianism.

Vindemialis, Eugene and Longinus

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 485.
Feast Day: May 2

Bishops in North Africa martyred by the Arian Vandal King Hunneric who inflicted horrible tortures on them.

Agapius and Companions

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 259.
Feast Day: Apr 29

Born in Spain, Agapius and Secundinus, bishops or priests, were exiled to Cirta in Numidia in North Africa in the persecution under Valerian. There they suffered martyrdom together with Tertulla and Antonia, virgins, and a certain woman with her twin children.

Agapius, Bishop, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Secundinus, Bishop, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Theodorus, Priest, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Marianus, Lector, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Jacobus, Deacon, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Aemilianus, soldier, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Tertulla, Virgin, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Antonia, Virgin, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Likewise a woman with two twins, Martyrs at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saints)Secundianus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Concordius, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Florianus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Gaber, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Gaianus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Postumus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Momminus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Quintianus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Cassius, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Fasilus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Florentius, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Demetrius, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Gududus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Crispinus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Crispinus, another, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Donatus, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Zeon, Martyr at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saint) Many others, Martyrs at Cirta and Lambaesa in Numidia (Saints)

Zeno

you@example.com (Your Name) — Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 371.
Feast Day: April 12

Born in North Africa, he became Bishop of Verona in Italy at the time of Julian the Apostate. He was remembered as a fervent pastor and a fierce opponent of Arianism.

Zeno was elected Bishop of Verona around 362. His legend praises his care for the poor and the sick. According to tradition, Zeno supported himself by fishing in the Adige (Etsch) river. This is how the messengers of Emperor Gallienus found him, when they came asking him to heal through prayer the emperor’s daughter, who was possessed.

Epiphanius, Donatus, Rufinus and Companions

you@example.com (Your Name) — Fri, 07 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: unknown / date uncertain.
Feast Day: Apr 7

Thirteen martyrs, of whom Epiphanius was a bishop in North Africa.

Deogratias

you@example.com (Your Name) — Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 457.
Feast Day: March 22

He became Bishop of Carthage in North Africa in 456, fourteen years after the repose of his predecessor, St Quodvultdeus, who had been driven into exile by the Arian Vandals. He sold all that he or his church possessed in order to ransom prisoners of the Arian King.

St Victor of Vita in his History of Vandal Persecution wrote this of him: “After these things had taken place, the supplication of the emperor Valentinian brought it about that, after the long silence of desolation, a bishop named Deogratias was ordained for the church at Carthage. If anyone tried to itemize what the Lord did through him, he would run out of words before he could explain anything. But, after he had been made bishop, because of our sins it came to pass that Geiseric, in the ftfteenth year of his reign, seized Rome, the city until then most noble and renowned. At that time he took into captivity the wealth of many kings, as well as people.”

Cyril, Rogatus, Felix, another Rogatus, Beata, Herenia, Felicitas, Urban, Silvanus and Mamillus

you@example.com (Your Name) — Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: unknown / date uncertain.
Feast Day: March 8

Martyrs in North Africa. St Cyril is described as a bishop.

Felix of Hadrumetum

you@example.com (Your Name) — Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: d. c. 434.
Feast Day: 21 February

Bishop of Hadrumetum who was martyred circa 434 during the Arian Vandal persecution under King Genseric for refusing to abandon the Nicene confession of Christ’s divinity.

Quodvultdeus

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 450.
Feast Day: Feb 19

Bishop of Carthage in North Africa, exiled by the Arian Genseric King of the Vandals, after the capture of the city in 439. He reposed in Naples in Italy.

St Victor of Vita in his History of Vandal Persecution wrote of Quodvultdeus and his exile thus: “But then he [Gaiseric] ordered that the bishop of the aforementioned city, that is, Carthage, a person well known to God and man, whose name was Quodvultdeus, and a great throng of the clergy, were to be placed naked on dangerous ships. Having been despoiled, they were to be driven away. In his merciful goodness the Lord graciously brought them to Naples, a town in Campania, after a safe passage.”

Exuperantius

you@example.com (Your Name) — Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 5th cent..
Feast Day: Jan 24

th cent. Born in North Africa, he became Bishop of Cingoli near Ancona in Italy.

Vincent of Digne

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 380.
Feast Day: Jan 22

Born in North Africa, he succeeded St Domninus as Bishop of Digne in France and is the main patron-saint of the town.

Euphrasius

you@example.com (Your Name) — Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: unknown / date uncertain.
Feast Day: Jan 14

A bishop martyred in North Africa by the Arian Vandals.

Adrian

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sun, 09 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: d. 710.
Feast Day: Jan 9

An African by birth, Adrian became a monk and eventually abbot of Nerida, near Naples. On the death of Deusdedit, archbishop of Canterbury, in 664 and of his replacement Wighard in 665, Pope Vitalian wished to appoint Adrian to Canterbury. He, however, refused, but suggested the nomination of Theodore instead. This was agreed, but the pope asked Adrian to accompany Theodore to be his adviser and helper.

Epictetus, Jucundus, Secundus, Vitalis, Felix and Companions

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sun, 09 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: Unknown.
Feast Day: Jan 9

Twelve martyrs in North Africa, who probably suffered under Decian. Epictetus was a bishop mentioned by St Cyprian.

Fulgentius

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 532.
Feast Day: Jan 1

Born in North Africa, he became a monk early in life and was elected abbot. He had to flee from the Vandal persecution. In 502 or 507 he was chosen Bishop of Ruspe but was again exiled by the Vandals. He spent his exile in Sardinia where he wrote numerous works which still exist. He returned to Africa in 523.