Germanus of Dyrrhachium

Holy Martyr Germanus of Dyrrhachium is one of seven martyrs from Italy, Peregrinus, Lucian, Pompey, Hesychius, Papias, Saturninus and Germanus, who suffered for Christ in the second century, in the time of Emperor Trajan, in the city of Dyrrhachium on the shore of the Adriatic Sea.

Being present at the torments of Bishop Astius, whom the Romans crucified, they openly praised the courage and firmness of the confessor. For this they were seized and, as confessors of faith in Christ, drowned in the sea. The waves brought their bodies to the shore, and Christians hid them in the sand.

After ninety years the martyrs appeared to the Bishop of Alexandria, commanding him to bury their bodies and build a church over them. They are commemorated on 20 July (new style).