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SS. MANILIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF NUMIDIA - 28 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL   Saints celebrated on the 28th of April WELCOME! SAINTS MANILIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF NUMIDIA Saints Manilius and his Companions are listed on April 28 in the Martyrology of  Saint Jerome * . The entry adds that they were killed for the Faith " in Numidia and elsewhere. " We have no other details about them. Their names are: Manilius , Donatus , Maurilius (also called Maurolus and Maurinus ), Lucianus ( Lucanus, Lucalus ), Victorinus (according to other copies, Victurinus, Victor, Victorius ), Nicia , a virgin (she is also known without this title under the designation Nicea, Nica ). 72 others, whose names have not been handed down to us, courageously suffered  with them. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 75) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech...