Facts: - imagesize: 260px - venerated in: roman catholic church - patronage: tuscania - caption: 14th-century the basilica of san pietro , in tuscania . fresco of secundian , marcellian and verian in - feast day: august 9 - death date: ~ 250 ad - titles: martyrs - name: saints secundian , marcellian and verian - image: protettorituscania.jpg - death place: near civitavecchia or santa marinella , italy Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of secundian , marcellian and verian .
saints secundian -lrb- us -rrb- , marcellian and verian -lrb- also known as '' secondianus , marcellianus , and verianus '' -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- are venerated as christian saints .they were martyred in 250 ad near civitavecchia or santa marinella during the persecutions of decius .secundian was a senator or some sort of prominent official ; marcellian and verian were scholars or students .their feast day is august 9 .the names of these saints appear in jerome 's martyrology under august 9 .the '' codex epternacense '' indicates that the place of their death was tuscia ; the '' codex wissemburgense '' lists the place of death as '' colonia '' -lrb- not necessarily cologne -rrb- ; and the '' codex bernense '' finally specifies the place of death as '' in colon -lrb- n -rrb- i tusciae via miliario aureliax xv . ''one scholar has identified this as '' colonia iulia castrumnovurn '' , a town in tuscia , situated on the aurelian way , situated near the present-day santa marinella -lrb- which is near civitavecchia -rrb- .according to one account , they were baptized by a priest named timotheus -lrb- timothy -rrb- and confirmed by pope sixtus ii .by order of decius , they were arrested by the prefect valerian and decapitated at civitavecchia and then their bodies were thrown into the sea .in a second account , the place of their martyrdom was '' appellatur coloniacum , qui dicitur colonia '' -lrb- '' called coloniacum , that is to say , colonia '' -rrb- , which may be '' colonia iulia castrumnovurn '' .their bodies were collected by a man named deodatus and buried in that place .according to a third account , their cult was localized in the basilica of san pietro in tuscania .the acts of felinus and gratian were based on those of secundian and his companions .sabine baring-gould writes that '' the so-called '' acts of ss .gratian and felinus '' , used as lections in the '' arona passionale '' , are extracted from the acts of ss .florentinus and companions , martyrs at perugia commemorated the same day...