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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Candida of Carthage

A woman martyr slain for Christ at Carthage around 300.

Feast
September 20old style October 3
Reposed
3003rd century
Place
Carthage
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Candida of Carthage was a virgin who suffered for Christ at Carthage in North Africa, in the time of the Emperor Maximian Herculius, around 300. She is commemorated on 20 September, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of her life.

Commemorated the same day September 20