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Also known as

• Audax of Thyrum
• Audax of Thurium
• Audace of…

Memorial

• 9 July

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Pagan prison guard. During the persecutions of Decius, Audax was one of the guards of Saint Anatolia, who helped convert him. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded c.250 in Thora, Lake Velino, diocese of Rieti, Italy
• relics moved to an area behind the altar in the Basilica of Sainte Scholastica in Subiaco, Italy in the mid-10th century

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Audax of Thora“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 July 2016. Web. 14 April 2021. <>