Potitus
Life and witness
In Sardinia, of St. Potitus, martyr, who having suffered much under Antoninus, emperor, and G-elasius, president, at last finished his martyrdom by the sword.
Baring-Gould: January · S. POTITUS, _M._, A.D. 166.
SS. HERMYLUS AND STRATONICUS, _MM., at Belgrade_, A.D. 315. S. GLAPHYRA, _V., at Amasia, circ._ A.D. 324. S. AGRICIUS, _B. of Trèves, circ._ A.D. 335. S. HILARY, _B. of Poictiers_, A.D. 368. S. VIRENTIUS, _P._, _in Burgundy_, A.D. 400. S. KENTIGERN, _B. of Glasgow_, A.D. 601. B. BERNO, _Ab. of Cluny_, A.D. 920. S. HELDEMAR, _H., in Artois_, A.D. 1097. B. GOTFRIED, _of Kappenberg_, A.D. 1127. B. JUTTA, _W. and Recluse, at Huy, in Belgium_, A.D. 1228. B. VERONICA, _V. at Milan_, A.D. 1497.
Biographical overview
Potitus (died around 160) was an early Christian martyr, venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church on 14 January (or 13 January in the pre-2003 Roman Martyrology).
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
In Sardinia sancti Potiti Martyris, qui, sub Antonino Imperatore et Gelasio Praeside, multa passus, demum gladio martyrium consecutus est.