Numidicus and Companions

Numidicus and Companions were martyrs of Carthage in North Africa, burnt at the stake under the emperor Decius around the year 251. Numidicus was drawn still breathing out of the ashes of the pyre, and Saint Cyprian later ordained him a priest. They are saints of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

Their commemoration falls on 9 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 22 August of the civil calendar.