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Martyr

Maurus the Boy

Boy martyr of Rome, buried in the Catacomb of Thraso on the Via Salaria.

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Feast
December 10old style December 23
Era
unknown
Place
Catacomb of Thraso
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Maurus the Boy was a child martyr at Rome, buried in the catacomb of Thraso on the Via Salaria Nova. Pope Damasus calls him an innocent child whom no torture could move from the faith. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 10 December (Gregorian calendar), among the saints of the undivided Church.

Commemorated the same day December 10