Martyr
Dacian
A martyr commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
Life
Holy Martyr Dacian is commemorated in the Greek synaxarion together with Saint Aretius, martyrs who suffered at Rome. No other details of their lives are preserved in the sources at hand.
The two are commemorated on 4 June, by the Western calendar (new style). Dacian is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.
Commemorated the same day June 4
Mary of BethanyRighteous · Sister of LazarusJun 4
Optatus of MilevisSaint · Bishop of MilevisJun 4
Metrophanes of ByzantiumSaint · Bishop of ByzantiumJun 4
Petroc of CornwallVenerable · British prince and missionaryJun 4
Botolph of ThorneyVenerable · English abbotJun 4
Sophia of SlutskRight-Believing · Princess of SlutskJun 4
Sophia of ThraceVenerable · Mother of ThraceJun 4
George BogićHieromartyr · Protopresbyter at NašiceJun 4
Methodius of PeshnoshaVenerable · Founder of Peshnosha MonasteryJun 4- Clateus of BresciaHieromartyr · Bishop of BresciaJun 4
- Frontasius, Severinus, Severianus and SilanusHoly MartyrsJun 4
- 90 Hieromartyrs of Montenegro and the LittoralHoly HieromartyrsJun 4