Martial of Ostia

Martial of Ostia was a martyr, put to death for Christ at Ostia in Italy around the year 300. He is commemorated together with Saturninus, Epictetus, Maprilis, Felix and their companions, martyrs honoured with Saint Aurea at Ostia. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 22 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 4 September of the civil calendar.