Diocletianic Era on The African Fathers

Miltiades

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

Year: 314.
Feast Day: Dec 10

Although he had a Greek name, he may have been born in North Africa. He was Pope of Rome from 311 to 314, when the Emperor Constantine granted toleration to the Church. St Miltiades condemned Donatism and was venerated as a martyr on account of his many sufferings during the persecution of Maximian.

Julius, Potamia, Crispin, Felix, Gratus and Companions

you@example.com (Your Name) — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 302.
Feast Day: Dec 5

Twelve martyrs who suffered in Thagura in Numidia in North Africa under Diocletian.

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.

Candida

you@example.com (Your Name) — Wed, 20 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 300.
Feast Day: Sept 20

A virgin-martyr in Carthage in North Africa under Maximian Herculeus.

Fabius

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

Year: 300.
Feast Day: July 31

A soldier beheaded in Caesarea in Mauretania in North Africa under Diocletian for refusing to carry a standard bearing idolatrous emblems.

Maxima, Donatilla and Secunda

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

Year: 304.
Feast Day: July 30

Three holy virgins (Secunda was aged twelve), martyred in Tebourba in North Africa under Diocletian.

Timothy, Polius and Eutychius

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

Year: unknown / date uncertain.
Feast Day: May 21

Three deacons in Mauretania Caesariensis in North Africa martyred under Diocletian.

Restituta

you@example.com (Your Name) — Wed, 17 May 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 255 (or 304).
Feast Day: May 17

A virgin-martyr in Carthage in North Africa under Valerian or Diocletian. Her relics are enshrined in Naples in Italy.

Victor the Moor

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

Year: 303.
Feast Day: May 8

A soldier from Mauritania in North Africa, martyred in Milan in Italy under Maximian.

Heliodorus, Venustus and Companions

you@example.com (Your Name) — Sat, 06 May 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: 3rd cent..
Feast Day: May 6

rd cent. A group of seventy-seven martyrs who suffered under Diocletian. Heliodorus and seven others were martyred in North Africa, the others in Milan.

Hermes, Adrian and Companions

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

Year: c 290.
Feast Day: March 1

Martyrs in Numidia in North Africa under Maximian Herculeus.

Guardians of the Holy Scriptures

you@example.com (Your Name) — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Year: c 303.
Feast Day: Feb 11

Martyrs known as the ‘Guardians of the Holy Scriptures’. They preferred martyrdom to giving up the sacred books to be burnt. They suffered under Diocletian.

Arcadius of Mauretania

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

Year: d. c. 302.
Feast Day: 12 January

A prominent citizen of Caesarea in Mauretania Caesariensis who, when soldiers arrested a relative in his place, voluntarily presented himself to the governor to secure the relative’s release and was martyred under Maximianus Herculeus circa 302.

Mertius of Mauretania

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

Year: d. 305.
Feast Day: 12 January

A soldier who suffered for Christ in Africa under Diocletian. Refusing to sacrifice to idols, he was tortured without making a sound, then imprisoned, where he died of hunger and his wounds.