Martyr
Mavilus of Hadrumetum
A martyr of Hadrumetum in North Africa, who suffered for Christ in 212.
Life
Saint Mavilus of Hadrumetum suffered for Christ in North Africa in the year 212, in the time of the persecution under Septimius Severus, when Caracalla was also emperor. His name also appears as Majulus.
The Roman Martyrology says that he was condemned by the governor Scapula to be devoured by wild beasts and thus received the crown of martyrdom. Hadrumetum was an important city of the Roman province of Africa, on the site of present-day Sousse in Tunisia.
He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 4 January (new style).
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