Martyrs of Campania

Also known as

• Martyrs under the Lombards

Memorial

• 2 March

Profile

Approximately 400 northern Italian Christians martyred for their faith by pagan Lombards. Their story was recorded by Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who reports that they people spent their final days supporting each other with prayer.

Died

• c.579 in Campania, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Campania”. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 March 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/martyrs-of-campania/>