Geminianus

Holy Martyr Geminianus was the adopted son of Saint Lucia the widow and died by the sword in Sicily. He is commemorated on 17 September (new style), together with Lucia.

Lucia was a rich Roman woman, in the time of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian. After thirty-⁠six years of widowhood, at seventy-⁠five, she was betrayed to Diocletian by her pagan son Eutropius, because she believed in Christ. She was imprisoned and harshly tortured, but by the grace of God she remained unharmed and walked about the city, shaming the smallness of her tormentors. Seeing this, Geminianus (or Germinianus) believed in Christ and appeared with her before the emperor, confessing Christ. Lucia adopted and baptized him, and when they were freed from their tormentors they went to Taormina in Sicily. There, because of persecution, Lucia withdrew to the mountains and fell asleep in peace. Geminianus was seized and beheaded.