Maurus

Holy Martyr Maurus was one of the twelve clergy of Saint Stephen, Pope of Rome (253-257), who were beheaded in the time of the emperor Valerian, in the year 257. The Azbyka page notes that his name is not found in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Stephen shepherded the Church of Rome in a hard time: he strove zealously against the error of Novatus and, hiding during the persecution, baptized many pagans, among them the tribune Nemesius, who came to believe after the pope healed his daughter Lucilla. Nemesius, made a deacon, and his daughter were put to death by the sword. Then the pope's twelve clergy were beheaded, among them Maurus, with Bonus, Faustus, Primitivus and the others. In the end Pope Stephen was found by soldiers while teaching Christians in the catacombs, and was killed.

The page says nothing more of Maurus. He is commemorated on 15 August, in the new style, with Saint Stephen and those who suffered with him.