Saturnilus of Carthage

Holy Martyr Saturnilus of Carthage was one of the young catechumens who suffered around the year 203, at Carthage, together with the Holy Martyr Perpetua, her brother Saturus, the servant Felicity and the young men Revocatus and Secundus.

Perpetua, a patrician of Carthage, had received Baptism in secret, without the knowledge of her pagan father, and he pressed her hard, appealing to her mother's love. Left a widow young, at twenty-⁠two, she overcame her attachment to her nursing infant for the heavenly life and had, before the execution, a vision that strengthened her soul. Secundus died in prison; the others, among them Saturnilus, were thrown to the beasts, which did not touch them, and then they were put to death by the sword.

St Saturnilus is commemorated on 14 February, in the new style.