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Holy Martyrs

Aretius and Dacian

Martyrs who suffered for Christ at Rome.

Feast
June 4old style June 17
Era
unknown
Place
Rome
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Holy Martyrs Aretius and Dacian were two martyrs of Rome who were buried in the catacombs on the Appian Way. The sources give neither the year nor the circumstances of their death, and the name of Aretius also appears as Arecius or Aregius.

They are commemorated on 4 June among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (saints of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day June 4