No likeness on file
Nicetas and Aquila
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 24 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
—
not on record
Who they were
In Lycia, the holy martyrs Niceta and Aquilina. They were converted to Christ by the preaching of blessed Christopher, martyr, and obtained the palm of martyrdom by being beheaded.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: they have been honoured as saints since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers them on 24 July.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 24 July
- Wikidata Q20057879 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.