Martyr
Cronin of Thrace
Martyr of Thrace, who suffered for Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Cronin of Thrace suffered in the year 304 at Philippopolis in Thrace, in the time of the emperor Diocletian, together with the presbyter Severus, the centurion Memnon and thirty-six other martyrs. Their hands and feet were cut off and they were thrown into a blazing furnace.
The Azbyka page gives no other details. Saint Cronin is commemorated on 2 September, in the new style. His name is not in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church. The passion of Severus and Memnon and the thirty-seven martyrs with them is also found in the Lives of the Saints by Saint Dimitry of Rostov.
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