Feast day: July 10

The Seven Holy Brothers

Martyrs · d. c. 150

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Seven brothers, by tradition the sons of the Roman martyr St. Felicity, who were put to death one after another for their faith in the early persecutions, their mother encouraging each.

Their story echoes the Old Testament mother of the Maccabees — a mother watching all seven sons die rather than deny God, and counted a martyr with them.