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Chromatius was a city prefect in Rome under Diocletian. He was later converted to Christianity by St Tranquillinus and baptized by Polycarp.[1][2] After becoming a Christian, he freed 1400 slaves.[3] He had one son, Tiburtius, who is held to be a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Chromatius is said to have been martyred in the third century, but no details of his martyrdom remain.[4] His feast day is August 11.
References
- ↑ Catholic Online, http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=266
- ↑ This according the Legend of St. Sebastian, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, A Dictionary of Miracles, (Chatto & Wendrus, 1901), p. 11
- ↑ W.E.H. Leckey, History of European Morals, 1869, p. 69
- ↑ Catholic Online, http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=266