Saint Saturus of Africa
- Memorial
- 29 March
- Profile
- Wealthy master of the household of the anti-Catholic, anti-orthodox Arian Vandal king Huneric (Genseric).
When Huneric cracked down on the faithful, he tortured Saturus and threatened him with complete poverty and loss of his family and freedom.
Saturus refused to deny his faith.
Huneric, not wanting to create another martyr for Christians to rally around, stripped him of everything, and Saturus lived out his days as a poor but prayerful miner and cowherd.
Friend and fellow-sufferer with Saint Armogastes.
- Died
- some time after 460 of natural causes near Carthage, north Africa
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against poverty
poor people
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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