Argeus of Tomis

Holy Martyr Argeus of Tomis is honoured together with his brothers Narcissus and Marcellinus, put to death about the year 320 at Tomis, the ancient city on the Black Sea coast, today Constanța, in Dobruja. He is commemorated on 2 January, in the calendar of the Roman Martyrology (new style).

According to tradition, the three brothers were soldiers in the army of Emperor Licinius, who obliged all his soldiers to offer sacrifice to the gods. They refused, being Christians. Argeus and Narcissus were beheaded, while Marcellinus, who was still young, was beaten almost to death, kept for a long time in prison and then thrown into the sea. They are regarded as saints of the undivided Church and among the first martyrs of the Dobrujan land.