African Saints
1st: Blessed Anuarite Nengapeta was a Virgin and martyr, a member of the Holy Family Sister in Congo Kinshasa, martyred by the Simba rebels, died in 1964 |
2nd: St. Peter Martyr of Alexandria was patriarch of Alexandria during the Roman persecution, died in 311 |
3rd: St. Cassian of Tangiers was a lawyer who resigned and became Christian and died as a martyr, died in 298 |
10th: St. Melchiades was Bishop of Rome and second African Pope (311-314), died in 314 |