Igafrax of Gothia

Holy Martyr Igafrax of Gothia is numbered among the Gothic martyrs: the priests Vafusius and Verk, the monk Arpila, the laymen Abibus, Agnus, Reas, Igafrax, Iskoes, Silas, Sigetzas, Sonirilas, Suimblas, Fermus, Fillus, Constans, the prince Agathon, the women martyrs Anna, Alla, Larissa, Moiko, Mamika, Uirko, Animaisa (Animais), Gaatha, queen of the Goths, and Duclida, princess of the Goths. They suffered about the year 375, in the time of King Ungerich, who persecuted the Christians.

The king ordered the church set on fire during the service. In the flames of the fire 308 people perished, of whom the names of twenty-⁠one martyrs are known. The widow of the king of the Goths, Alla, with her daughter Duclida, gathered the remains of the holy martyrs and took 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 holy martyrs remained with Duclida, who in the time of the emperors Valentinian II and Theodosius the Great came to Cyzicus and gave part of the relics for the consecration of a church. The death of the righteous Duclida was peaceful.

The Goths are a group of Germanic tribes. The land of the Goths stretched from the lower Vistula to the Black Sea, and they lived chiefly on the Danube, in today's Romania; later they settled in almost all of Europe. The saints are commemorated on 8 April (new style).