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Helladius of Libya
martyr in Libya
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 8 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In Libya, the holy martyrs Theophilus, deacon, and Helladius: tradition says that, after being torn apart and pierced with very sharp shards, they were finally thrown into the fire.
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 8 January as a martyr in Libya, torn apart, pierced with sharp shards and thrown into the fire.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q55861176 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.