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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Sirica, martyr of Africa

Saint ID

S02764

Gender
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E07371Latin mosaic roundels from Carthage (central North Africa), with the names of seven martyrs: *Speratus (probably one of the Scillitan martyrs, S00913); *Stephen (The First Martyr, S00030); *Sirica (otherwise unknown martyr of Africa, S02764); *Saturus and Saturninus, and probably Perpetua and Felicitas (all compnion martyrs of Carthage, S00009). Probably 6th/7th c.