by persecuting Christians, sacking them from public offices, forbidding synods and condoning executions. A civil war broke out between him and Constantine, with Constantine eventually defeating him in 324. Veneration The feast of Miltiades in the 4th century, according to the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, was celebrated on 10 January. In the 13th century, the feast of Saint Melchiades (as he was then called) was included, with the mistaken qualification of "martyr", in the General Roman Calendar for celebration on 10 December. In 1969, the celebration was removed from that calendar of obligatory liturgical celebrations, and moved to the day of his death, 10 January, with his name given in the form "Miltiades" but without the indication "martyr". See also List of Catholic saints List of popes Footnotes References 3rd-century births 314 deaths 4th-century Berber people 4th-century Christian saints 4th-century Romans African popes Roman saints from Africa (continent) Papal saints Popes Year of birth unknown 4th-century popes Berber Christians Diocletianic Persecution