Lucian

Saint Lucian is a martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion on 6 February, together with Saints Faustus and Basil. All three confessed Christ and received the crown of martyrdom by the sword.

The synaxaria record that their memory was kept at the place called "of Darius" (in Greek "en tois Dareiou"), which the calendars locate in Constantinople. The sources say nothing about their origins, the time of the persecution or the torments they endured.

The synaxarion tradition is not uniform about the name. In the Synaxaristes of Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite, Silvanus appears in place of Lucian, and the group is called Saints Faustus, Basil and Silvanus. There it is said that the three were close friends, like brothers, young in age, and that they died by the sword. Other synaxaria also commemorate Faustus, Basil and Lucian on 25 October, with the same verses, which makes it likely that these are the same martyrs.

The Church celebrates Saint Lucian together with his companions on 6 February.