Martyr
Craterus
One of the 42 martyrs of Amorium, who suffered in Baghdad in 845.
Life
Holy Martyr Craterus is counted among the forty-two martyrs of Amorium (Phrygia) who suffered at Baghdad in the year 845. The Greek Menaion remembers him on 6 March, by the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style), alongside the generals Aetius, Theodore, Theophilus, Constantine and Melissenus and alongside Bassoes and Callistus. Our sources give no further details of his life.
Commemorated the same day March 6
Chrodegang of MetzSaint · Bishop of MetzMar 6
Fridolin of SäckingenVenerable · Founder of Säckingen AbbeyMar 6
Marcian of TortonaSaint · Bishop of TortonaMar 6
The 42 Martyrs of AmoriumHoly Martyrs · Martyrs of AmoriumMar 6
Baldred of TyninghameVenerable · Hermit and abbotMar 6
Job of AnzerVenerable · Hieromonk at SolovkiMar 6Dositheus TsereteliHieromartyr · Metropolitan of KutaisiMar 6
Conon the Father and Conon the SonHoly MartyrsMar 6- AetiosSaintMar 6
- Aetius of AmoriumMartyrMar 6
- Anthony KologodskyVenerableMar 6
- Arcadius of CyprusVenerableMar 6