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Severian
martyr at Caesarea in Mauretania
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 23 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 Caesarea in Mauretania, in present-day Algeria, the holy martyrs Severian and Aquila, husband and wife, who were burned in 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 23 January as a martyr burned in the fire with his wife at Caesarea in Mauretania, in present-day Algeria.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.