Martyr
John of Tomis
Son of Marcellinus the Tribune
A martyr of Tomis, son of the tribune Marcellinus, killed for Christ with his family.
Life
Holy Martyr John of Tomis was a son of the tribune Marcellinus and Mannea, put to death for Christ with his brothers Serapion and Peter. The family is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 27 August (new style), as martyrs of Tomis (today Constanța, in Dobruja).
No details of his inner life are preserved; it is known only that, in the time of the persecutions, he confessed Christ alongside his parents and brothers and received with them the crown of martyrdom. He should not be confused with other saints named John.
Commemorated the same day August 27
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