Virgin on The African Fathers

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.

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.

Gundenis

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

Year: 203.
Feast Day: July 18

A virgin-martyred in Carthage in North Africa under Septimius Severus.

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.

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)

The most eminent Baronius in his Ecclesiastical Annals, at the year of Christ 262 no. 34, writes that among the butcheries of the whole province of Africa, carried out in the persecution of the Emperors Valerian and Gallienus, that one seems fiercer than the rest, which is found to have taken place in Numidia. That there exists, he says, concerning it an epistle written by one of those Confessors, already designated as a Martyr, who himself a fellow prisoner, composing chiefly the history of Jacobus the Deacon and Marianus the Lector, also makes mention of other Martyrs, namely of Agapius and Secundinus the Bishops, of Aemilianus a most illustrious man, of Tertulla and Antonia the Virgins, and of a certain mother with her twins, and of many others. As far as it is possible to conjecture from the style, the same Baronius says he seems to have been a disciple of Cyprian, whose diction he imitates somewhat in his writing; a noble monument of antiquity, recognized by us, and diligently corrected with great zeal applied (as much as was possible in matters so very ancient and in corrupted codices). This therefore, both for the remarkable knowledge of the matters transacted, and also that from those things which have been faithfully written down, we may be able to contemplate the other Acts of the Martyrs which have not been written or have perished through the injury of time, we judge it worth the labor to describe in the Annals. Thus Baronius. The same Acts Lawrence Surius published on this day, April 29: which we give again taken from four manuscript codices, namely from the Passional of the Cathedral Church of Saint Lambert at Liège, formerly of Saint Victor of Paris, written six hundred years ago; then from a perhaps older manuscript of the Trier monastery of Saint Maximinus; moreover from the notable parchment manuscript of the monastery of Boddeken, of the Order of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine in the diocese of Paderborn; finally from the Utrecht manuscript of Saint Salvator; except that the same Acts in the last two codices are more contracted.

https://www.actasanctorum.org/april/day-30/agapius-and-secundinus-bishops.html

Saturninus, Dativus, Felix, Ampelius, Victoria and Companions

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

Year: 304.
Feast Day: Feb 11

A group of forty-six martyrs in Albitina in North Africa. They were arrested at the liturgy and sent to Carthage for examination. Saturninus was a priest, and with him suffered his four children, Saturninus and Felix, readers, Mary, a virgin, and Hilarion, a young child. Dativus and another Felix were senators. Other names from this group which have come down to us are: Thelica, Ampelius, Emeritus, Rogatian and Victoria, a holy virgin of undaunted courage. The child Hilarion, when threatened by the magistrates while his companions were being tortured, replied: ‘Yes, torture me too; anyhow, I am a Christian’. They all died in prison.

Salsa of Tipasa

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

Year: 4th cent
Feast Day: Jan 11

A martyr in North Africa.

Marciana

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

Year: c 303.
Feast Day: Jan 9

The virgin Marciana saw in Caesarea the statue of Diana, and she destroyed it. She was first condemned by the governor to be raped by gladiators, but a miraculous wall protected her. Then she was sent to the beasts. A lion did not want to attack her. The Jews, present at the occasion, demanded that she was given to a bull, and then to a leopard, which finally killed her.