Saint Papinianus of Vita

Papinian or Pampinian of Vita (Latin: Pa(m)pinianus Vitensis) was a 5th-century martyr bishop and Christian saint, commemorated on November 28 alongside Mansuetus of Urusi. Bishop of the diocese of Vita in Byzacena and an opponent of the Arian Vandals who invaded Roman Africa, Pampinian was tortured by them with red-hot iron blades. "Who will tell us the number of illustrious hierarchs who had to suffer a thousand torments then? The venerable bishop of our city, Pampinianus, saw his whole body consumed by the action of red-hot iron blades." — Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution in Africa. Pampinian's martyrdom took place in the early 430s, during the siege of Hippo by Genseric, King of the Vandals, or shortly thereafter.