Saint Julius of Caerleon

Saint Julius was a Christian of Roman Britain put to death for his faith at Caerleon, the Roman fortress town of Isca in present-day south Wales. He suffered together with Saint Aaron, most likely during the persecution under Diocletian in the early 4th century. Gildas and Saint Bede name Julius and Aaron, alongside Saint Alban, among the first martyrs of Britain, and in the early Middle Ages a church at Caerleon was dedicated to them. The Church remembers the two martyrs together on July 1.