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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


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
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E08151The 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.