Julian of Sora

Saint Julian of Sora, martyr, was born in Dalmatia and died a martyr at Sora in Lazio (Italy), in the time of the emperor Antoninus Pius, in the year 161 according to some lists. The Catholic Church commemorates him on 27 January. According to an English source the Orthodox Church commemorates him on 28 July by the old calendar, so there are two different dates here.

According to the tradition reported by Cardinal Caesar Baronius, Julian was a young man, perhaps a soldier, who had come from Dalmatia to Italy to preach the Gospel. It is said that he was on his way to Campania when he was seized and tortured by Roman soldiers.

The Roman Martyrology says in Latin that he was seized in the persecution of Antoninus, under the prefect Flavian, and that, while he was being tortured, the temple of the idols collapsed, and he received the crown of martyrdom by beheading.

The sources at hand say nothing of relics or other events of his life.