Name
Potitus, child martyr with cult in southern Italy
Saint ID
S01131
Number in BH
BHL 6908
Reported Death Not Before
138
Reported Death Not After
161
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Children
ID | Title | E01983 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Potitus (child martyr with cult in southern Italy, S01131) narrates the story of a Christian child of a pagan father; he performs several miracles leading to mass conversions; he is tortured, then put to death by the emperor Antoninus and buried in Puglia (southern Italy). Written presumably in Puglia, at an uncertain date, but by the 8th c. at the latest |
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