Hieromartyr
Privatus of Mende
Bishop of Mende
Bishop of Mende in Gaul, slain by the Alamanni around 260.
Life
Privatus of Mende was bishop of Mende in Gaul. When the Alamanni invaded, he was captured and offered his life if he would reveal where his flock was hiding. He refused and was beaten to death, around the year 260. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 21 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 3 September of the civil calendar.
Commemorated the same day August 21
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