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Holy Martyrs

Martyrs of North-⁠West Africa

A group of African martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.

Feast
April 9old style April 22
Era
unknown
Place
North-⁠West Africa
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Martyrs of North-⁠West Africa are a group of Christians martyred at Masyla in North Africa, remembered on 9 April in the Western calendar (new style).

Their names and number have not been preserved. They are honoured as saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.

Commemorated the same day April 9