Augustine of Capua

Saint Augustine, hieromartyr, was Bishop of Capua from 249 to 260 and a friend of Saint Cyprian of Carthage. He received the crown of martyrdom in the time of the emperor Valerian, on 15 November, no later than the year 260. He is commemorated on the day of his death.

He was an African, from the same region as Cyprian. He fled from there and settled at Capua with his mother, Saint Felicity. He became bishop already in the time of the emperor Decius, in 249, and received threats of death, which he bore with steadfastness.

Together with his mother he was put to death for the faith. The relics of Saints Augustine and Felicity rest at Benevento, where they were brought in the year 768 by the Lombard prince Arechis II.

His successor on the see of Capua was Saint Quintus.