Jun 062009
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Imperial Roman guard. Sent by Emperor Hadrian with Caerealis to arrest the brother converts Saint Getulius and Saint Amantius. Instead, the brothers converted the guards. Hadrian ordered the judge Licinius to condemn the whole group to death. They were offered a reprieve if they would renounce Christianity; they declined. Martyr.
- clubbed to death c.120 at Tivoli, Italy
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