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Defendens
3rd-century Christian martyr
SaintAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 2 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
286
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Defendens of Thebes (Italian: San Defendente di Tebe) is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Venerated as a soldier-saint, Defendens was, according to Christian tradition, a member of the Theban Legion, and thus martyred at Agaunum.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi Beati — San Defendente di Tebe, martire — 'Defendente di Tebe, Martire, m. Agauno, 286 ca., festa 2 gennaio' — the Theban-legion martyr, feast 2 January, as on this page.
- Wikidata Q6955878 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Defendens (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.