Martyr
Arcadius of Mauretania
A martyr of Mauretania in North Africa, who suffered around 302.
- Feast
- January 12old style January 25
- Reposed
- 3024th century
- Place
- Mauretania
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Arcadius of Mauretania was a martyr of Mauretania Caesariensis in North Africa, who suffered around 302 in the persecution of Maximian Herculius.
He was a prominent citizen of the city of Caesarea in Mauretania Caesariensis and was cruelly put to death for faith in Christ. We have no other certain details of his life; Baring-Gould places his death around 260. His commemoration falls on 12 January.
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