Feast December 6
Saint Denise, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus
Martyr, patron of Persecuted Christians · Feast December 6
Biography
Denise, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus are venerated as martyrs by the Catholic Church. They were killed in the late 5th century during the persecution of Trinitarian Christians in Proconsular Africa by the Arian Vandals, according to Victor of Vita. These martyrs were killed during the reign of Arian king Hunneric.
Feast day
December 6
Patronage
- Persecuted Christians
Death date
c. 484 AD
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
12
Wikidata qid
Q4162017
Feast day of month
6