Martyr
Nicephorus
Martyr of Caesarea Maritima
A martyr at Caesarea Maritima, killed around 308, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Feast
- November 13old style November 26
- Reposed
- 3084th century
- Place
- Caesarea Maritima
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Nicephorus suffered at Caesarea in Palestine, by beheading, in the time of the emperor Galerius, around the year 308, as the ancient martyrologies remember him. He is commemorated on 13 November, with other martyrs of Caesarea, among them Zebina and Manatha. The sources at hand give no further details of his life.
Commemorated the same day November 13
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Nicholas I of RomeSaint · Bishop of RomeNov 13
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Mitre of AixSaint · Saint of Aix-en-ProvenceNov 13
Floridus of Città di CastelloSaint · Bishop of Città di CastelloNov 13
Leonianus of VienneVenerableNov 13- Arcadius of AfricaMartyrNov 13
- Amantius of Città di CastelloVenerableNov 13
- AnthusaSaintNov 13
- Antoninus of Caesarea in PalestineHieromartyrNov 13
- Arcadius, Paschasius, Probus and Eutychian of AfricaHoly Martyrs · Martyrs of AfricaNov 13
- BairrfionnSaintNov 13