Rogatian of Carthage
priest at Carthage
Feast: 26 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Carthage, in present-day Tunisia, the commemoration of Saint Rogatian, priest, to whom Saint Cyprian entrusted the administration of the Church of Carthage during the persecution of the emperor Decius, and who together with Saint Felicissimus suffered hardship and prison for the name of Christ.
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 26 October as the priest to whom Saint Cyprian entrusted the Church of Carthage during the persecution of Decius, and who suffered hardship and prison for the name of Christ.
- Roman Martyrology, 26 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q85978573 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.