Arcadius of Mauretania
saint and martyr
Feast: 12 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Arcadius of Mauretania (died c. 302) is venerated as a saint and martyr. Tradition states that he was a prominent citizen of Caesarea in Mauretania Caesariensis (present-day Cherchell), who hid away in the countryside to avoid being forced to worship the Roman gods. His absence at the public sacrifices being noted, soldiers were dispatched to his house and arrested a relative they found there, despite the man's protests that he did not know where Arcadius was. Hearing of his relative's arrest, Arcadius returned and presented himself before the governor.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q959019 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Arcadius of Mauretania (CC BY-SA)
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