Aemilian of Cirta
Roman man martyred under Velerian in 259
Feast: 29 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Cirta in Numidia, the birthday of the holy martyrs Agapius and Secundinus, both bishops. They had been exiles at Cirta for a long time when the persecution of Valerian began, a persecution in which the rage of the heathens sorely tested the faith of Christians. Agapius and Secundinus were transformed from exemplary priests to glorious martyrs. In their company, there also suffered a soldier named Aemilian, two consecrated virgins, Tertulla and Antonia, and a certain woman with her twin children.
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 Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 29 April.
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 29 April
- Wikidata Q20901752 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.