Martyr
Secundian
A martyr of the undivided Church who died for Christ around 304.
- Feast
- February 17old style March 2
- Reposed
- 3044th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Secundian suffered at Venice in the year 304, in the time of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, together with Romulus and Donatus. He belongs to the saints of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 17 February (new style) in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
The calendar lists them alongside those who suffered with them. No other details of his life have survived in the source consulted.
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