Martyr
Paternus
A martyr honored in Western calendars, died around 255; few details survive.
Life
Paternus was a martyr born at Alexandria who came to Rome. He was arrested at Fondi in Italy and there suffered for the true faith, around the year 255. He is remembered on 21 August in the Western calendar (new style).
No further details of his life have been preserved. He is honoured as a saint of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the sources.
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