Name
Seven monastic brothers, martyrs of Carthage under the Vandals in 484.
Saint ID
S02936
Reported Death Not Before
484
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E07372 | Mosaic medallion from Carthage (central North Africa), with Latin inscription commemorating the *Maccabean martyrs (S00303), and possibly the *Seven monastic brothers (martyrs of Carthage under the Vandals, S02936). 6th/7th c. | E08279 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Seven Monastic Brothers (martyrs of Carthage under the Vandals in 484, S02936) recounts how seven monks refused the order of the Vandal King Huneric to accept Arian baptism, how an attempt to burn them at sea failed but they were then beaten to death, and how their bodies were miraculously recovered after they had been thrown into the sea. Written probably in Carthage, probably in the 6th c. | E08290 | Victor of Vita, in his History of the Vandal Persecution (3.41) recounts the martyrdom by the Vandals of *Seven monastic brothers (S02936) in Carthage (central North Africa). Written in Latin, probably in Carthage, 484/489. | E08295 | Victor of Vita, in his History of the Vandal Persecution (Book 3), recounts the suffering of African *Martyrs and Confessors, victims of the 484 persecution edict of the Vandal king Huneric (S03009). Written in Latin, probably in Carthage, 484/489. |
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