Andrew

Saint Andrew, Martyr, was one of the martyrs of Lampsacus, put to death under the emperor Decius, around the year 250, and is commemorated together with Peter, Paul and Dionysia, on 15 May.

According to the account, in the time of Decius's persecution the proconsul Optimus was responsible for numerous martyrdoms, among them those of Andrew, Paul and Nicomachus. When Paul and Andrew were taken out of prison to be put to death, the young Dionysia managed to escape from her prison and, reaching their bodies, said that she would have wished to share their sufferings in her heart, so that she might share their glory in heaven.