ST. VALERIAN, BISHOP IN AFRICA AND MARTYR Dec. 15

ST. VALERIAN, BISHOP IN AFRICA AND MARTYR

Bishop of Abbenza (Tunisia), he bore witness to Jesus Christ, true God and true man, during the persecution of the Vandals. The Arian heretic King Genseric forced Valerian to live on the street, though he was eighty, for refusing to hand over the Church’s sacred vessels. He died of his hardship.  Dec. 15