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Nicetas the Goth
Christian martyr and saint
SaintResearchedByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 15 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
372
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
On the banks of the Danube, Saint Nicetas the Goth, martyr, who was put to the stake for his Catholic faith by order of the Arian king Athanaric.
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 15 September as a Goth burned at the stake for his Catholic faith by the Arian king Athanaric.
Connected on this site
- Constantine the Great Saint“His life spanned the years of Emperor Constantine the Great's sole rule (324–337 AD).” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q129434 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nicetas the Goth (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.