Emperor Maximian Herculeus
Also known as
- Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius
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Adopted son of Emperor Diocletian, and named his co-regent in 285, receiving the title of regent on 1 March 286. He resigned the regency at Milan, Italy after the election of his son Maxentius, but the new emperor proved incapable of governing and Maximianus was recalled to restore order as emperor. He failed. He again renounced the throne after the meeting of the Caesars in 307. The intensity of his persecution of Christians seems to have varied, but he conducted a vigorous persecution in the western provinces of which he was governor, and certainly had people murdered for their faith. He gave his youngest daughter Fausta in marriage to Constantine, and having again assumed the imperial crown was surrendered to Constantine by his own soldiers; he was eventually pardoned.
Born
- c.250
- committed suicide in July 310
Profiled Saints Martyred by Maximian Herculeus
- Martyrs of Bithynia
- Martyrs of Caesarea Maritima
- Martyrs of Como
- Martyrs of Plovdiv
- Martyrs of Pontus
- Martyrs of the Theban Legion
- Martyrs of Venafro
- Saint Achaicus of Thessalonica
- Saint Adrian of Numidia
- Saint Agathonicus of Constantinople
- Saint Agathopus the Deacon
- Saint Alexander of Drizipara
- Saint Alexander of Pannonia
- Saint Alexander of Pydna
- Saint Alexander of Salonica
- Saint Ammianus the Martyr
- Saint Andronicus
- Saint Antonina of Constantinople
- Saint Arontius of Potenza
- Saint Asclepiodotus of Adrianopolis
- Saint Aussenzius of Caesarea
- Saint Bacchus
- Saint Boniface of Hadrumetum
- Saint Boniface of Trier
- Saint Candida of Carthage
- Saint Carpophorus of Como
- Saint Cassian of Todi
- Saint Cassius
- Saint Cassius of Como
- Saint Crispin of Ecija
- Saint Crispoldus
- Saint Cyrenia of Tarsus
- Saint Cyriacus of Ziganeos
- Saint Cyriacus the Martyr
- Saint Dalmatius of Pavia
- Saint Daria of Venafro
- Saint Defendente the Theban
- Saint Didius
- Saint Domninus
- Saint Domninus the Physician
- Saint Donatus of Sentianum
- Saint Eusebia of Bergamo
- Saint Eusebius of Palestine
- Saint Exanthus of Como
- Saint Felix of Gerona
- Saint Felix of Sentianum
- Saint Felix of Venosa
- Saint Felix of Zurich
- Saint Fidelis of Como
- Saint Fiorentinus of Avellino
MLA Citation
- “Emperor Maximian Herculeus“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 August 2018. Web. 2 May 2024. <>