Saint Smaragdus

Memorial
8 August
Profile
Ministered to the Christian slaves who worked to build and staff the baths of Diocletian. Tortured and martyred with Saint Cyriacus and others.
Died
excoriated and beheaded in 303 on the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy
buried near the Salarian Way
relics translated to Santa Maria in Via Lata, Rome, and at Neuhausen
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Additional Information
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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