Saturus of Carthage

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

Perpetua, of patrician family, lived at Carthage and received Holy Baptism in secret from her father, a convinced pagan. She, her brother Saturus, the servant Felicity and the three young men prepared to accept death for Christ. In spite of the entreaties of her father, who appealed to her maternal feeling, Perpetua, a widow young, at twenty-⁠two, left her nursing infant for the heavenly life. Before the execution she had a vision given by God, which strengthened her soul. Secundus died in prison; the others were thrown to the beasts, which did not touch them, so they were killed with the sword.

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