Conrad of Corinth

Conrad of Corinth is known from a Ukrainian calendar of the lives of the saints, and the account has the character of a legend. He is said to have been a physician and martyr who died in the year 258.

He was the son of Greek Christians of Corinth. He was born in the wilderness, where his mother was hiding from the emperor Decius, persecutor of Christians. The story says that after his mother's death God fed him with heavenly food, and that his clothing grew with him. As a young man he returned to the city and studied medicine.

Conrad had five disciples: Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Paul and Crescens. All were imprisoned. Conrad boldly confessed his faith in Christ and was scourged, while Cyprian was urged in vain to renounce it. Conrad and his disciples were thrown to wild beasts, which did not touch them, and were then beheaded in 258. At the place where their blood was shed a spring is said to have burst forth.

He is remembered on 22 March; the source does not state the calendar. He is honoured as a saint of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.