Holy Martyrs
Forty Martyrs of Rome
A company of forty Christians who suffered for Christ at Rome.
Life
The Forty Martyrs of Rome were a company of Christians who suffered for Christ in the city of Rome, by fire. The Greek synaxarion commemorates them on 16 June (New Calendar) and says that they suffered by fire. The sources do not give their names, their time or the circumstances more closely.
They are not to be confused with the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, commemorated on 9 March.
Commemorated the same day June 16
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Tychon of AmathusSaint · Bishop of Amathus in CyprusJun 16
Aureus of MainzHieromartyr · Bishop of MainzJun 16
Hermogenes of TobolskHieromartyr · Bishop of TobolskJun 16
Tikhon of KalugaVenerable · Abbot near KalugaJun 16
Moses of OptinaVenerable · Abbot and elder of OptinaJun 16
Julitta of TarsusMartyrJun 16
Tikhon of LukhVenerable · Founder of Nikolo-Tikhonov MonasteryJun 16
CyricusMartyr · Child martyr of TarsusJun 16
Tikhon of KarachevVenerable · Founder of Resurrection MonasteryJun 16- Kaikhosro the GeorgianSaintJun 16
Konstantin MinyatovMartyr · LawyerJun 16- Actinea and GraecinaHoly MartyrsJun 16