Apr
16
Saint Optato y compañeros mártires
In Zaragoza, in Hispania Tarraconensis, commemoration of St. Optato and his seventeen companions, martyrs who were executed, after being tormented, in the persecution under the Emperor Diocleciano composing Prudencio verses about his glorious martyrdom (s. IV). Their names are: Luperco, event, martial, urban, Julia, Quintilian, Publius, Fronto, Felix, Ceciliano, Evodius, Primitivo, Apodemio and four others carrying all name Saturnino.
- Name
- Optato (Masculino)
- Other saints
- Other saints named Optato
- Celebration
- April 16th