Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 04/26
Roman Rite Calendar - 06/02
Memorial
26 April
Profile
29th pope. Enlarged the catacombs. Reigned at the start of the persecution of Diocletian, and was himself martyred. Legend says that he apostatized, made sacrifice to pagan gods, then repented, and was beheaded, but this story has been discredited.
Born
at Rome, Italy
Papal Ascension
30 June 296
Died
martyred 25 October 304 at Rome, Italy; interred in the Priscillian catacomb on the Via Salaria
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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