Easius

Holy Martyr Easius is commemorated on 9 December (new style, the Greek calendar). He was unknown to the Synaxarion of Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite and to the menaia. His commemoration is found in the Parisian codex 1621, where it is said that he lived in the time of Diocletian (284 to 304).

Denounced as a Christian to the governor Calvisianus, he confessed his faith. First they bound his hands and feet, then hung him on a piece of wood and flayed him with iron claws. They broke his shins and cast him into prison. Brought out again, he was cruelly tortured, and in the end he was beheaded. The Greek source observes that his life resembles that of the martyr Euplus, commemorated on 11 August, and that it is not at all unlikely that Euplus became Easius through carelessness.