Saint Africanus of Carthage

Also known as

• Africano

Memorial

• 10 April

Profile

One of a group of 50 Christians who were imprisoned in a pen of snakes and scorpions, and then martyred, all during the persecutions of Decius.

Died

• beheaded in 250 at Carthage

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Africanus of Carthage“. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>