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Holy Martyrs

Januarius

A martyr of North Africa from the time of the undivided Church.

Feast
July 10old style July 23
Era
unknown
Place
North Africa
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Januarius suffered as a martyr in North Africa, in the time of the undivided Church. He is commemorated together with Marinus, Nabor and Felix as martyrs in North Africa, though the sources give neither the year nor the circumstances of the martyrdom.

He is commemorated on 10 July among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (saints of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day July 10