# Mavilus

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|name= Saint Mavilus
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|death_date= 212
|feast_day= 4 January
|venerated_in= [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church)
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|death_place= [Hadrumetum](/source/Hadrumetum), [Africa Province](/source/Africa_Province)
|titles= [Martyr](/source/Martyr)
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'''Mavilus''', distinguished as '''Mavilus of Hadrumetum''', was an [early Christian](/source/Early_Christianity) [martyr](/source/Christian_martyrdom) during the persecutions of [Caracalla](/source/Caracalla). He suffered martyrdom at [Hadrumetum](/source/Hadrumetum), in 212, by being thrown to wild beasts, by order of Governor Scapula.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0305.htm ''Ante-Nicene Fathers'', Vol. 3. edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, translated by S. Thelwall.(Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight.]</ref>

His feast day is 4 January.<ref>[http://www.saintmichaelarchangel.com/martyr01.htm Dominican Martyrology: January]</ref>

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Category:212 deaths
Category:Saints from Roman Africa
Category:3rd-century Christian martyrs
Category:Year of birth unknown

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