Martyr · Remembered on March 12

St. Maximilian of Tebessa

St. Maximilian of Tebessa is remembered on March 12 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

Remembered on	March 12
Title	Martyr
Died	c. 295
Next on Bless’s Today screen	Friday, March 12, 2027

Life

A twenty-one-year-old Numidian conscript who refused the army oath because, as a Christian, he could not serve as a soldier. Offered the emperor’s service and badge, he answered that his badge was Christ’s, and was beheaded — the early Church’s clearest voice of conscientious objection.

In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Maximilian of Tebessa. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

Date	In the US calendar	Color	Mass readings (US)
Friday, March 12, 2027	Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent	Violet	Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 · Psalm 34:17-18, 19-20, 21 and 23 · Matthew 4:4b · John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Sunday, March 12, 2028	Second Sunday of Lent	Violet	Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 · Psalm 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 · Philippians 3:17—4:1 · Matthew 17:5 · Luke 9:28b-36

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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