Name
Nemesianus, child martyr of Africa
Saint ID
S01811
Reported Death Not Before
170
Reported Death Not After
313
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Children
| ID | Title | E02203 | Calendar of the Church of Carthage (central North Africa) lists saints whose liturgical commemorations were celebrated in December. Written in Latin in Carthage, probably between 505 and 535. | E02323 | Augustine of Hippo preaches a sermon on the feast of the discovery of the relics of *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313) in Milan (northern Italy), in an undetermined place in central North Africa where some of their relics were deposited. He mentions the martyrs, *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097), *Crispina (of Thagora, martyred at Theveste, S00905), *Nemesianus (child martyr of Africa, S01811), and *Peter the Apostle (S00036), relates a miracle of Gervasius and Protasius when their relics were discovered, and mentions the reading of written accounts (libelli) of martyrs' miracles at their shrines. Sermon 286, delivered in Latin, possibly in 425/430. |
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