Anesius

{{Short description|Christian martyr}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}} '''Anesius''' is one of several Christian martyrs in Africa commemorated as saints on March 31.<ref>[https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/A/anesius.html "Anesius", ''The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature''. (James Strong and John McClintock, eds.) Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880]</ref> The ''Martyrologium Romanum'' mentions Anesius, Theodulus, and Cornelia. All mentioned saints were canonized pre-congregation. Other sources, including ''Commentarium Historicum ad Universum Romanum Martyrologium'', includes other names including Felix, Portus, Abdas (or Abda), and Valeria.

== See also == * Scillitan Martyrs

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==Sources== * Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.

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