Eighty Priests

The Eighty Priests are eighty priests and deacons, among whom were Medimnus, Urban and Theodore, commemorated together on 5 September in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style). They were persecuted by the Arian-⁠minded emperor Valens, in the year 364. After many torments and hardships, they were put on a ship and left at sea. When they reached the Gulf of Astacus, the Arians sent their own men in a boat, who set fire to the ship. So all these saints were given up helpless to the flames and the depths of the sea (volume 35 of Migne).