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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


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
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E08153The 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.