The Passio Typasii records that Typasius was a veteran of Tigava (today El Kherba), in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
[1] Called to service by Maximian against the native Quinquegentiani, who were revolting against Roman rule, Typasius, who had become a Christian, refused to participate in this campaign.
Typasius returned home and put away his weapons and military belt and built a monastery for himself on his land, where he remained for a long time.
[4] When Typasius was ordered to offer sacrifice once again to the gods, Claudius was unable to save him and reluctantly read the sentence.
[5] The men who had instigated his death burned with fever and pain and lost control of their limbs and bowels and they died.