Martyr
Arcadius
Martyr of Caesarea in Mauretania
A martyr at Caesarea in Mauretania, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Era
- 4th century
- Place
- Cherchell
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Arcadius was a Christian of Caesarea in Mauretania (today Cherchell in Algeria), who died a martyr with his limbs cut off, around the year 259 or 305.
The sources keep only this about him; his martyrdom is described as a dismemberment. His commemoration is kept on 12 January in the Western calendar. His name is in a proverb, "Arcadius and Hilary freeze the rivers." He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured without synodal canonization.