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Also known as

• Scillitan Martyrs
• Martyrs of Scilla

Memorial

• 17 July

Profile

A group of twelve Christians martyred together, the final deaths in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Upon their conviction for the crime of being Christians, the group was offered 30 days to reconsider their allegiance to the faith; they all declined. Their official Acta still exist.

• Saint Acyllinus
• Saint Cythinus
• Saint Donata
• Saint Felix
• Saint Generosa
• Saint Januaria
• Saint Laetantius
• Saint Narzales
• Saint Secunda
• Saint Speratus
• Saint Vestina
• Saint Veturius

Died

• beheaded on 17 July 180 in Scillium, Numidia (in North Africa)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Scillium“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 July 2020. Web. 24 April 2024. <>