Holy Martyrs
Artaxus, Acutus, Eugenda, Maximianus, Timothy, Tobias and Vitus
Seven martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
Life
Artaxus, Acutus, Eugenda, Maximianus, Timothy, Tobias and Vitus were martyrs at Sirmium in Pannonia, in the third or fourth century. Sirmium stood where Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia lies today. They are remembered together on 2 January in the Western calendar (new style).
No other details have survived. They are honoured as saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the sources.
Commemorated the same day January 2
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