100 Egyptian Martyrs

The 100 Egyptian Martyrs are the Christians who suffered in the fourth century together with the bishops Peleus and Nilus, with Patermuthius and with Elias. The Greek synaxarion says they appeared boldly before the pagan emperor and suffered terrible torments, among them the putting out of the right eye, and in the end were burned alive.

They are commemorated on 17 September, by the church calendar of the Church of Greece, on the same day as Peleus and Nilus.