Quadratus (martyr)

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During the Decian persecution, unable to persuade Quadratus and his friends Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Paul and Crescens to deny Christ, the military prefect ordered the martyrs to be thrown to wild beasts, but the beasts did not touch them.

[3] Quadratus of Utica was Bishop of Utica during the reign of Emperor Valerian, first banished in 257 and finally martyred along with his priests and laymen, whom he encouraged to confess Christ to pagans, on 21 August, 259.

[2][9] This Quadratus or Codratus was a martyred bishop in Anatolia (now modern-day Turkey).

He was arrested and put to death with forty-two other martyrs, including Emmanuel and Theodosius, during the persecution of the Christians by Emperor Diocletian in 304.