Holy Martyrs
Aretas
A martyr honored at Rome.
Life
Saint Aretas suffered at Rome together with five hundred and four other martyrs. Our sources do not say when he lived. He is commemorated on 1 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.
Commemorated the same day October 1
Romanos the MelodistVenerable · The HymnographerOct 1
Ananias of DamascusApostle · Apostle of the SeventyOct 1
Mirian III of IberiaEqual-to-the-Apostles · King of IberiaOct 1
Bavo of GhentVenerable · Missionary in FlandersOct 1
John KoukouzelesVenerable · Composer and reformer of chantOct 1
Nana of IberiaEqual-to-the-Apostles · Queen of IberiaOct 1
Melchizedek I of GeorgiaSaint · Catholicos-Patriarch of GeorgiaOct 1
Savva of VisheraVenerable · Founder of Savvo-Vishersky MonasteryOct 1
Gabriel Bănulescu-BodoniSaint · Metropolitan of ChișinăuOct 1
Michael NovoselovNew Martyr · Publicist and spiritual writerOct 1- Alexis StavrovskyHieromartyr · PriestOct 1
- SidoniaSaintOct 1