Martyr
Callistus
A martyr, put to death around 1003.
- Feast
- October 15old style October 28
- Reposed
- 100311th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Callistus was born at Huesca in Spain and suffered around the year 1003, in France, where he had come with Saint Mercurialis and where he was killed by the Saracens. No other details of his life are preserved in the sources at hand.
He is not to be confused with Pope Callistus I (died around 222), commemorated on 14 October. The martyr Callistus is commemorated on 15 October, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.
Commemorated the same day October 15
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