Martyr
Venustus
A martyr of North Africa, commemorated by the undivided Church.
Life
Holy Martyr Venustus suffered in Africa, in the time of the Emperor Diocletian (284-305), together with Heliodorus and seventy-five other Christians. The Greek synaxarion says no more about them.
He is commemorated on 6 May, by the church calendar of the Church of Greece, together with Heliodorus and the other martyrs.
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