Apr 12

Saint Julius I Pope

April 12th IV century

In Rome, in the cemetery of Calepodius, the third milestone of the via Aurelia, burial of Pope Saint Julius I, who, against the attacks of the Arians, courageously undertook the faith of the Council of Nicaea, defended St. Athanasius, persecuted and exiled, and convened the Council of Sardica. Roman martyrology