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Orthodox Carthage and Northern Africa

Arrival of Orthodoxy:

1st Century: Some of the Seventy-Disciples
&
Saint Crescens
Some of the Sicilian Martyrs

North African Primacy:
Saint Cyprian of Carthage
through the 7th Century

Persecution:
8-10th
Carthage, in addition to no longer existing in the modern day, is certainly one of the smaller regions of the historical Orthodox Church. We know, however, that size is not what makes the Church glorious. The glory of the Church is in God and his saints, and despite being the smaller of the Western Churches, the saints of Carthage and Northern Africa shine brightly. May we all live to see the return of a great See of Holy Orthodoxy in Northern Africa.
Informal Patron
Saint Monica
Saint Perpetua the Martyr of Carthage & the Catechumens: Saturus, Revocatus, SAturninus, Secundulus and Felicitas
Informal Patron
Saint Quodvultdeus

The Orthodox Saints of Carthage and Northern Africa

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Date: b. 354, d. 430
Region: Hippo (Modern Algeria)
Ministry: Bishop, Theologian

Feast day: 28 August

Alypius of Thagaste

Date: b. ~4th century, d. ~early 5th century
Region: Tagaste (Modern Algeria)
Ministry: Bishop

Feast day: August 15

Saint Arcadius of Mauretania

Date: d. 302
Region: Mauretania (Modern Algeria & Morocco)
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 12 January

Saint Boniface of Carthage

Date: d. 484
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 6 December

Saint Cassian of Tangier

Date: d. 298
Region: Tangier (Modern Morocco)
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 3 December

Saint Crispina

Date: d. 304
Region: Numidia
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 5 December

Saint Cyprian of Carthage

Date: d. 258
Region: Carthage
Ministry: Bishop

Feast day: 31 August

Saint Deogratias

Date: d. 457
Region: Carthage
Ministry: Bishop

Feast day: 22 March

Saint Dativa

Date: d. 484
Region:
Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry:
Martyr

Feast day:
6 December

Saint Denise

Date: d. 484
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 6 December

Saint Eugenius of Carthage

Date: d. 505
Region: Carthage
Ministry: Bishop

Feast day: 13 July

Saint Epenetus of Carthage

Date: d. 64
Region: One of the Seventy Disciples
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 30 July

Saint Fabius

Date: d. 304
Region: Mauretania
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 31 July

Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe

Date: d. 527
Region: North Africa
Ministry: Bishop

Feast day: 1 January

Saint Felix of Hadrumetum

Date: d. 434
Region: Hadrumetum (Tunisia)
Ministry: Bishop

Feast day: 21 February

Saint Felix of Thibiuca

Date: d. 303
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 24 October

Saint Gaudiosus of Naples

Date: d. 455
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Bishop, originally in Abitina and later fled to Naples

Feast day: 27 October

Saint Leontia

Date: d. 484
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 6 December

Saint Marciana of Mauretania

Date: d. 303
Region: Mauretania
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 9 January

Saint Marcellinus of Carthage

Date: d. 413
Region: Carthage
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 13 September

Saint Majoricus

Date: d. 484
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 6 December

Saint Marcellus of Tangier

Date: d. 298
Region: Tangier (Modern Morocco)
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 30 October

Saint Martyrs of Massa Candida

Date: d. 253
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyrs

Feast day: 24 August

Saint Maximilian of Tebessa

Date: d. 295
Region: Numidia
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 12 March

Saint Monica of Hippo

Date: b. 332, d. 387
Region: Hippo & Ostia
Ministry: Faithful mother of Saint Augustine

Feast day: 27 August

Saint Quodvultdeus

Date: d. 450
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa & Italy
Ministry: Missionary

Feast day: 19 February

Saint Restituta

Date: d. 255
Region: Tunisia
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 17 May

Saint Martyrs of Abitinae

Date: d. 304
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyrs

Feast day: 12 Feburary

Saint Servus

Date: d. 484
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 6 December

Saint Scillitan Martyrs

Date: d. 180
Region: Scillium, Tunisia
Ministry: Martyrs

Feast day: 17 July

Saint Tertius

Date: d. 484
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 6 December

Saint Typasius

Date: d. 304
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 11 January

Saint Valerian of Abbenza

Date: d. 457
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr and Bishop

Feast day: 28 November

Saint Victor Maurus

Date: d. 484
Region: Mauretania & Milan
Ministry: Martyr
Feast day: 8 May

Saint Victorian, Frumentius and Companions

Date: d. 484
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Martyr

Feast day: 6 December