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Martyrs of Venafro

painting of the Martyrs of Venafro, date and artist unknown; swiped from Santi e Beati Memorial

17 June

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Three Christian lay people, two of them imperial Roman soldiers, who were converts to Christianity and were martyred together in the persecutions of Maximian and Diocletian.

Daria

Nicander

Marcian

beheaded c.303 in Venafro, Italy
by 313 a basilica had been built over their graves
grave and relics re-discovered in 1930

Pre-Congregation

in Italy
- San Nicandro Garganico
- Venafro

Additional Information

Acts of the Early Martyrs, by Father James A M Fastré, S.J.
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Roman Martyrology, 1914 edition
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
Short Lives of the Saints, by Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online

images
- Santi e Beati
- Santi e Beati

video
- YouTube PlayList

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati
- Santi e Beati

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

MLA Citation

“Martyrs of Venafro“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 February 2024. Web. 24 April 2024. <>