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Martyr

Saturninus

A martyr of Cappadocia from the time of the undivided Church.

Feast
May 7old style May 20
Era
4th century
Place
Cappadocia
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Saturninus suffered by the sword at Caesarea in Cappadocia, together with Saint Rufinus, at the time when the proconsul Perinius of Nicomedia was taking the martyr Quadratus there.

No other details of their lives are preserved. They are commemorated on 7 May, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style), beside Quadratus and Maximus.

Commemorated the same day May 7