Jan 12

Saint Arcadius

January 12th IV century

Name
Arcadius (Masculino)
Dead
in Cesarea de Mauritania, in current Algeria
Celebration
January 12th
Mauritania Cesarea (now Algeria), saint Arcadius, martyr, who hid in time of persecution, but, having a relative detained, he arose spontaneously to the judge and for refusing to sacrifice to the gods, suffered painful torments to consummate his martyrdom (c. 304). Roman martyrology