Matrona of Amisus

Holy Martyr Matrona of Amisus, a virgin, was one of the seven virgin martyrs Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Julia, Euphemia and Theodosia, seized in the city of Amisus (on the Black Sea shore) in the persecution of the emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311). At the questioning they confessed their faith and for this were put to cruel torments: they were stripped and beaten with rods, their breasts were cut off, then, after being hung up, their bodies were scraped with sharp hooks. At last the holy virgins were burned alive in a red-⁠hot furnace (in the year 310).

They are commemorated on 2 April, in the new style.