Saint Pompeius of Carthage

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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Pompeius of Carthage”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-pompeius-of-carthage/>