Ferm of Gothia

Holy Martyr Ferm of Gothia was one of the holy Gothic martyrs who suffered around the year 375, in the time of King Ungerich, a persecutor of Christians. The Goths are a group of Germanic peoples who lived mostly along the Danube, in present-⁠day Romania.

Among the martyrs are the priests Vafusius and Verk, the monk Arpila, the laymen Abibus, Agnus, Reas, Igathrax, Iskoes, Silas, Sigetzas, Sonirilas, Suimbalus, Ferm, Phillus and Constans, the prince Agathon, and the women martyrs Anna, Alla, Larissa, Moiko, Mamika, Uirko, Animais, Gaatha, the queen of the Goths, and Duclida, princess of the Goths. The king ordered the church set on fire during the service. In the flames three hundred and eight people died, of whom the names of twenty-⁠one martyrs are known.

The widow of the Gothic king, Alla, together with her daughter Duclida, gathered the remains of the holy martyrs and carried them to Syria. Then she returned to her homeland, where, after a time, she was stoned and died a martyr together with her son Agathon. The relics of the saints remained with Duclida, who, in the time of Valentinian II and Theodosius the Great, came to Cyzicus and gave a part of them for the consecration of a church. Duclida died in peace. About Ferm in particular the page says nothing separate. The saints are commemorated on 8 April.