Exuperia

Holy Martyr Exuperia was the wife of the tribune Olympius and received martyrdom in the year 257, in the time of the Emperor Valerian, together with her husband and their son Theodulus. She is counted among those who suffered in the company of the Holy Hieromartyr Stephen, pope of Rome.

Stephen, at the helm of the Church of Rome between 253 and 257, hid during the persecution and baptized many pagans, among them the tribune Nemesius, after healing his daughter Lucilla. Nemesius, made a deacon, and his daughter were beheaded. Their steward Symphronius was taken by the tribune Olympius to the temple of Mars for torture. By prayer Symphronius melted the golden idol, and Olympius, with his wife Exuperia and son Theodulus, believed in Christ and received baptism. All three were burned, and their remains were buried by Pope Stephen. Then his twelve clerics were killed, and in the end Stephen himself suffered.

The Synaxarion commemorates Exuperia on 15 August (new style). Her name is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Church.