Holy Martyrs
Trason, Pontian and Praetextatus
Three martyrs remembered together, killed around the year 302; few details survive.
- Feast
- December 11old style December 24
- Reposed
- 3024th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Trason, Pontian and Praetextatus were martyrs at Rome under Diocletian, around the year 302. They were put to death because they had ministered to Christians in prison awaiting martyrdom. They are remembered on 11 December in the Western calendar (new style).
No other details have been preserved. They are honoured as saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.
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