Saint Secunda of Scillium
Profile
One of a group of twelve Christians martyred together, the final deaths in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Upon their conviction for the crime of being Christians, the group was offered 30 days to reconsider their allegiance to the faith; they all declined. Their official Acta still exist. One of the Martyrs of Scillium.
- martyred on 17 July 180 in Scillium, Numidia (in North Africa)
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- For All The Saints
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Passion of the Scillium Martyrs
MLA Citation
- “Saint Secunda of Scillium”. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 June 2010. Web. 26 September 2016. <http://catholicsaints.info/saint-secunda-of-scillium/>