Montanus

Who they were

Montano was a priest of Sirmium in Pannonia, married to Massima. During the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, the couple were thrown into the water and drowned at Sirmium (today Sremska Mitrovica) for professing their faith in Christ, about the year 304.

The old martyrologies (Syriac, of Florus, of Ado, and the Roman) do not fully agree on the details of their end, but agree that Montano was a priest and Massima his wife, and that both were martyred together. Their veneration was known across North Africa; the Roman Martyrology keeps their memory on 26 March.

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

Priest of Sirmium martyred with his wife Massima, drowned under Diocletian; feast 26 March.