Saint Fabius
Christian saint martyred in Mauretania Caesariensis
Feast: 31 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Caesarea in Mauretania, in present-day Algeria, Saint Fabius, martyr, who, refusing to carry the governor's standard in the general assembly of the province, was first thrown into prison and, continuing to declare himself a Christian, was then condemned to death by the judge.
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 31 July as a martyr of Caesarea in Mauretania who refused to carry the governor's standard.
- Roman Martyrology, 31 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3737887 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Fabius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.