Priscus is one of several Catholic saints and martyrs. In the 1921 Benedictine Book of Saints there are seven figures named Priscus mentioned.
There are different feast days involved.[1] In some confusion, he is said to be the first Bishop of Capua, a martyr of the third century, and an African bishop; but the sources have been cast into doubt, and even the century is unclear in some accounts.[2]
The martyr was put to death in 260 under Valerian, with Malchus and Alexander.[3]
Priscus of Nocera, first bishop of Nocera (is also distinguished from the Bishop of Capua).
Priscus, a Roman legionary officer, was put to death in 272 in France, under Aurelian.
The story of the African bishop of the fifth century cast adrift is doubted.[4]
Priscus, Crescens, and Evagrius were martyrs, put to death in Tomi, on the Black Sea.