Guardians of the Holy Scriptures

Also known as

• Martyrs in Africa

Memorial

• 11 February

Profile

A group of Christians in north-west Africa. During the persecutions of Diocletian they were ordered to surrender their sacred books to be burned. They refused. Martyred.

Died

• c.303 in Numidia

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Guardians of the Holy Scriptures”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 May 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/guardians-of-the-holy-scriptures/>