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Holy Martyrs

Severian and Aquila

Martyrs of Caesarea in Mauretania, commemorated together.

Feast
January 23old style February 5
Era
unknown
Place
Julia Caesarea
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saints Severian and Aquila were husband and wife and suffered martyrdom at Julia Caesarea in Mauretania in North Africa. The sources available to us preserve no details of their life or of the time of their martyrdom.

They are saints of the undivided Church, commemorated on 23 January (new style).

Commemorated the same day January 23