Cornutus of Iconium

Holy Hieromartyr Cornutus of Iconium, also called Coronatus, was bishop of Iconium in Lycaonia and suffered for Christ in the persecution of Decius and Valerian (253 to 259), in the third century. He was born and raised in Iconium, a city he later shepherded as a hierarch. He was once in a village called Soursalos, teaching the unbelievers the word of faith, when persecutors of the Christians seized him and led him to the governor Perennius.

Perennius, by his inquiries and persecution, had forced Christians to hide, but Cornutus came forward of his own will. The torturers bound his legs tightly with thin cords and led him through the city; the cords cut into his flesh and blood flowed from the wounds. After terrible tortures he was beheaded. In the Orthodox calendar he is commemorated on 12 September (new style). Some sources give Nicomedia as the place of his martyrdom.