Saint Julian of Africa

Memorial

• 1 November

Profile

Priest of an African church. During a visit to Italy, he witnessed a pagan celebration of Apollo; Julian objected to the human sacrifice it involved. He was imprisoned for two years, and then martyred with Saint Caesarius.

Born

• African

Died

• tied into a sack and thrown into the sea to drown at Pisco Montano, Terracina, Italy, date unknown

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Terracina, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson