Martyrs of Campania

Also known as: Martyrs under the Lombards
Memorial: 2 March
Profile: Approximately 400 northern Italian Christians martyred for their faith by pagan Lombards. Their story was recorded by Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who reports that they people spent their final days supporting each other with prayer.
Died: martyred in the late 6th century Campania
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Additional Information: The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
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