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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Aaron and Iulius, martyrs of Britain

Saint ID

S01361

Number in BH

-

Reported Death Not Before

150

Reported Death Not After

306

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02973Gildas, in his treatise On the Destruction of Britain, names *Albanus/Alban (martyr of Verulamium, Britain, S01364), and *Aaron and Julius (martyrs of Britain, S01361), as martyrs who suffered in Britain, and states that Britons were unable to visit the tombs of the martyrs or the places of their martyrdom because of the Anglo-Saxon occupation. Written in Latin in Britain, c. 480/c. 550.