Holy Martyrs
220 Martyrs of North Africa
Two hundred and twenty martyrs of north-west Africa.
- Feast
- October 16old style October 29
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- North-West Africa
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The 220 Martyrs of North Africa (north-west Africa) are two hundred and twenty Christians who were martyred on the same day. Our sources do not say when or in what manner they suffered, nor give their names. They are commemorated on 16 October, as saints of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.
Commemorated the same day October 16
Longinus the CenturionMartyr · Centurion at the CrucifixionOct 16
GallVenerable · Missionary in SwitzerlandOct 16
Eliphius of ToulMartyr · Missionary at ToulOct 16
Euphraxia of PskovRight-BelievingOct 16- Fortunatus of CaseiMartyrOct 16
- John of TourkolekasSaintOct 16
- Dulcidius of AgenSaint · Bishop of AgenOct 16
Longinus of the CavesVenerable · Gatekeeper of the Kyiv Caves LavraOct 16- Silvanus of AhunMartyr · DeaconOct 16
- Alexis NikonovHieromartyrOct 16
- Amandus of ComodoliacVenerableOct 16
- AmbroseSaintOct 16