Martyrs of Scillium

Also known as

• Scillitan Martyrs
• Martyrs of Scilla

Memorial

• 17 July

Profile

A group of twelve Christians martyred together, the final deaths in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Upon their conviction for the crime of being Christians, the group was offered 30 days to reconsider their allegiance to the faith; they all declined. Their official Acta still exist.

• Saint Acyllinus of Scillium
• Saint Cythinus of Scillium
• Saint Donata of Scillium
• Saint Felix of Scillium
• Saint Generosa of Scillium
• Saint Januaria of Scillium
• Saint Laetantius of Scillium
• Saint Narzales of Scillium
• Saint Secunda of Scillium
• Saint Speratus of Scillium
• Saint Vestina of Scillium
• Saint Veturius of Scillium

Died

• martyred on 17 July 180 in Scillium, Numidia (in North Africa)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Encyclopedia Brittanica
• For All The Saints
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Passion of the Scillium Martyrs

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Scillium”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 June 2010. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/martyrs-of-scillium/>