Cronion Eunus

Holy Martyr Cronion Eunus was the servant of the elder Julian, one of the martyrs Julian, Cronion (Eunus), the soldier Bisas (Beza) and Macarius, who suffered at the beginning of the reign of Decius (249-251) at Alexandria. The Azbyka page mentions them all together.

In the years of the terrible persecution of Decius, many Alexandrian Christians showed themselves wonderful witnesses of the Kingdom of God. The first of them was the elder Julian, ill with gout, who could neither stand nor walk. He was brought to the judge with two servants who carried him from place to place. Of the servants, one at once denied Christ, and the other, named Cronion and nicknamed Eunus, boldly confessed faith in Christ together with Julian. They were set on camels and led through Alexandria, scourged without ceasing, and outside the city they were burned on a great fire, before all the people. The anger of the pagans against Christians was so great that a soldier named Bisas, who had defended Cronion and Julian from the fury of the mob as they were led to the fire, was seized, taken to the place of execution and beheaded. Another Christian, a Libyan by birth, Macarius, proved worthy of his name and received the blessedness promised by the Lord to those persecuted for Him: the judge could not turn him from Christ by any persuasion, and the martyr was burned alive. The same lot was borne by the saints Epimachus and Alexander, who spent a long time in prison enduring thousands of torments; neither scourging nor tearing of the body with iron claws shook their courage, and the weary tormentors burned them alive. Women also were not spared: the virgin Ammonaria suffered from the judge the most refined torments, because she had said beforehand that she would not utter the words he demanded, and, remaining unmoved, was put to death. Thirteen other martyrs suffered with them. This took place around 249-251.

Saint Cronion is commemorated on 12 November, according to the Greek calendar, and his name is not in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church. The account is taken from "The Life and Works of Saint Dionysius the Great, Bishop of Alexandria".