Nov 272008
![[Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus]](http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05199.jpg "jpg detail of the image of Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus from a denarius; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Also known as
- Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus
- Daja
Profile
Caesar of Syria and Egypt from 305 under his uncle Augustus Galerius. He persecuted the Christians in his part of the empire with great severity. In 312 he took advantage of the absence of Constantine and Licinius and captured Byzantium, but was subsequently defeated by Licinius, and committed suicide.
Born
- with the name Daja
- committed suicide by taking poison in 313
Profiled Saints Martyred by Maximinus
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