Maximus

Holy Martyr Maximus (sometimes called Maximinus) lived in the time of the Emperor Julian the Apostate (361) and is remembered on 12 October, together with Saint Juventinus. Saint John Chrysostom devoted a eulogy to them. It seems that they were soldiers. At a banquet of soldiers, the two protested against the evil that the emperor was doing to the Christians. Someone reported it to Julian, who confiscated their property and shut them in prison. The prison became a church, because Christians came in groups to hear and learn from the two. Then Julian ordered soldiers to kill them secretly at night by beheading. The Christians took their bodies and buried them with fitting honour.