Saturus of Rome

Holy Martyr Saturus of Rome was one of the nine martyrs who were beheaded in Rome in the year 301, after the Holy Martyr Lucia and after Rix (Avtius), the Germanic chieftain who became a Christian.

St Lucia, born in Campania, had devoted herself to God from youth. Seized young by the chieftain of a Germanic tribe, Rix, she was taken to a foreign land, where by the strength of her faith she won Rix for Christ. After twenty years, hearing that Diocletian had begun the persecution, she asked to return to Italy, and Rix went with her to Rome. By the sentence of the prefect Aelius they were put to the sword. After them were beheaded Antony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Aron, Capicus and Saturus.

St Saturus is commemorated on 19 July, in the new style.