Holy Martyrs
Boniface and Thecla
Martyred spouses of Africa, parents of the Twelve Holy Brothers.
Life
Boniface and Thecla were a married couple and martyrs of North Africa, the parents of the Twelve Holy Brothers commemorated on 1 September. They were martyred under the emperor Maximian at Hadrumetum, now Sousse in Tunisia. They are saints of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
Their commemoration falls on 30 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 12 September of the civil calendar. We have no further details of their lives.
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