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Maximus of Silistra
martyr at Silistra
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Feast: 28 April (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
At Silistra, in Moesia, in present-day Bulgaria, Saints Maximus, Dada and Quintilian, martyrs during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian.
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 28 April as a martyr at Silistra in Moesia during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R102facf1 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.