Name
Typasius, martyr of Tigava
Saint ID
S02925
Number in BH
L 8354
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
304
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
ID | Title | E08153 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Typasius (martyr of Tigava, S02925) recounts the story of a soldier who abandons the army for a Christian life and is initially favoured by the emperor Maximian, but eventually martyred in Tigava (Mauretania Caesariensis, western North Africa); after his death, fragments of his shield cure the sick. Written in North Africa, probably at the beginning of the 5th c. |
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