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Marculus of Numidia
bishop and martyr in Numidia
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Feast: 25 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In Numidia, in present-day Algeria, Saint Marculus, bishop, who, as tradition relates, died a martyr in the time of the emperor Constans, thrown down from a rock by a certain Macarius.
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 25 November as a bishop in Numidia who, tradition relates, was thrown down from a rock by a certain Macarius in the time of the emperor Constans.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q124675313 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.