Saint Tipasio of Tigava

Also known as

• Typasius of Tigava

Memorial

• 11 January

Profile

Veteran soldier. During the persecutions of Diocletian, all soldiers were ordered to sacrifice to pagan idols; Tipasio refused. Martyr.

Born

• Tigava, Mauretania Caesariensis (modern El Kherba, Algeria)

Died

• beheaded on 11 January 304

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Tipasio of Tigava”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 January 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-tipasio-of-tigava/>