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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
October 30old style November 12
Era
unknown
Place
North-⁠West Africa
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Martyrs of North-⁠West Africa are a group of Christians, numbering between one and two hundred, massacred in one of the early persecutions. They are remembered on 30 October in the Western calendar (new style).

Their names 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 October 30