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Maurus the Soldier
soldier and martyr at Rome
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 29 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
At Rome on the Via Nomentana in the Major Cemetery, the holy martyrs Papias and Maurus, soldiers.
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 29 January as a soldier martyred at Rome and buried on the Via Nomentana.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q30277593 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.