Jun 082009
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Brother of Saint Primus. With his brother he was tortured and martyred. The two were the first martyrs whose remains were transferred from a basilica outside the walls of Rome, Italy.
- beheaded in 286 on the Via Nomentana, Rome, Italy
- relics in the church of Saint Stephen on Mount Celio
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson