Innocent

Holy Martyr Innocent was one of the six Christian friends who suffered at Apollonia in Illyria (today Albania), in the time of the emperor Numerian (283-284), beside Isavrus the deacon, Felix, Peregrinus, Hermias and Basil. He is commemorated on 17 June.

Innocent was found by Isavrus in the cave at Apollonia, together with Felix, Peregrinus and Hermias. Denounced by his relatives to the eparch Tripontius, who could not make him deny Christ, he was handed over to the eparch's son Apollonius and tormented with fire and water, but was miraculously delivered. Many believed in Christ through the witness of the six, among them the brothers Rufus and Rogin. In the end, condemned to death, he was beheaded.