Holy Martyrs
Aretius and Dacian
Martyrs who suffered for Christ at Rome.
Life
The Holy Martyrs Aretius and Dacian were two martyrs of Rome who were buried in the catacombs on the Appian Way. The sources give neither the year nor the circumstances of their death, and the name of Aretius also appears as Arecius or Aregius.
They are commemorated on 4 June among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (saints of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.
Commemorated the same day June 4
Mary of BethanyRighteous · Sister of LazarusJun 4
Optatus of MilevisSaint · Bishop of MilevisJun 4
Metrophanes of ByzantiumSaint · Bishop of ByzantiumJun 4
Petroc of CornwallVenerable · British prince and missionaryJun 4
Botolph of ThorneyVenerable · English abbotJun 4
Sophia of SlutskRight-Believing · Princess of SlutskJun 4
Sophia of ThraceVenerable · Mother of ThraceJun 4
George BogićHieromartyr · Protopresbyter at NašiceJun 4
Methodius of PeshnoshaVenerable · Founder of Peshnosha MonasteryJun 4- Clateus of BresciaHieromartyr · Bishop of BresciaJun 4
- Frontasius, Severinus, Severianus and SilanusHoly MartyrsJun 4
- 90 Hieromartyrs of Montenegro and the LittoralHoly HieromartyrsJun 4