Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona

Memorial

• 21 January

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Bishop of Tarragona, Spain. Arrested on 16 January 259 by the Roman governor Emilian. Martyred with Saint Augurius and Saint Eulogius in the persecutions of Valerian. Saint Augustine wrote in praise of these martyrs.

Died

• burned at the stake on 21 January 259 at Tarragona, Spain

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• bishop singing on a funeral pyre

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 May 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>