Agathodorus of Cappadocia

Saint Agathodorus of Cappadocia suffered in the city of Tyana in Cappadocia, in the third or fourth century. For his faith he was seized and brought before the governor of the city, before whom he boldly confessed his faith, and for this he was put to torture. They scraped him with iron hooks, laid him on hot iron, then cut out his tongue, pulled out his teeth, smashed his legs with clubs and, last of all, drove red-⁠hot nails into his head. Thus the saint received the death of martyrdom. It probably happened in a persecution of the third or fourth century. He is commemorated on 15 February. His name is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.