Commodus of Rome

Holy Martyr Commodus of Rome was one of the martyrs who suffered in the third century together with the holy bishop Hippolytus, Censorinus, Sabinus and the virgin Chrysia. The Azbyka page mentions Commodus only in the list of those who suffered with Chrysia.

Censorinus was the first dignitary in the time of the emperor Claudius II (268-270). Denounced for faith in Christ, he was imprisoned and there raised a dead man in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for which twenty soldiers, the prison guards, turned to Christ and were beheaded with him. The virgin Chrysia, brought to trial, boldly confessed herself a Christian and, after terrible torments, was drowned in the sea. Sabinus was struck with a heavy hammer, hung on a tree and burned, and gave up his soul in torment.

With Chrysia there also suffered Philiclus, Maximus, Herculinus, Venerius, Styracinus, Mina, Commodus, Hermes, Maurus, Eusebius, Rusticus, Monagrius, Amandinus, Olympius, Cyprus, Theodore, Tribunus, the presbyter Maximus, the deacon Archelaus and Quirinus the bishop. Hippolytus, bishop of Ostia, came to the court in spite of his age and rebuked the judge, calling him a thirster for blood; after long tortures he was bound hand and foot and thrown into the sea.

Saint Commodus is commemorated on 12 February, in the new style. His name is not in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.