Lucitas
martyr in North Africa
Feast: 18 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In North Africa, the commemoration of the holy martyrs Namphamo, Miggin, Sanamis and Lucitas, who, on the testimony of the pagan Maximus of Madaura in a letter to Saint Augustine, were held in great veneration among the Christian people.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 18 December as one of the martyrs of North Africa whom, on the testimony of the pagan Maximus of Madaura writing to Saint Augustine, the Christian people held in great veneration.
- Roman Martyrology, 18 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rf927d70f — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.