Name
Maximilianus, miltary recruit and martyr of Theveste
Saint ID
S02924
Number in BH
L 5813
Reported Death Not Before
295
Reported Death Not After
295
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
ID | Title | E08151 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Maximilianus (military recruit, and martyr of Theveste, *S02924) recounts the saint's refusal to serve in the military and his consequent martyrdom, all in Theveste (Numidia, central North Africa) in 295; it then tells how a woman named Pompeiana obtained his body and took it to Carthage, to be buried near that of *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411). Written probably in the 4th century. |
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