Martyr
Maximus
A martyr of Thrace, commemorated together with Saints Theodotus and Asclepiodota.
- Feast
- September 17old style September 30
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Thrace
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Maximus was from Marcianopolis in Thrace and suffered together with Saints Theodotus and Asclepiodota because they confessed Christ. First they were scourged, then their hands and feet were cut off, they were thrown into prison and, at the end, beheaded. They are remembered on 17 September, in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
Commemorated the same day September 17
Lambert of MaastrichtSaint · Bishop of MaastrichtSep 17
Sophia of RomeMartyrSep 17
Joachim of AlexandriaSaint · Patriarch of AlexandriaSep 17
AgathocliaMartyr · Patron of MequinenzaSep 17
Columba of CórdobaVenerable Martyr · Nun of CórdobaSep 17
Dionisie ErhanSaint · Bishop in BessarabiaSep 17- Daniel of YelisavetgradSaint · ElderSep 17
- 100 Egyptian MartyrsHoly MartyrsSep 17
- Alexander of AxylouVenerable · Venerable of Axylou, an AlamanSep 17
- Alexandra KhvorostyannikovaVenerable MartyrSep 17
- AnastasiusSaint · the WonderworkerSep 17
- AsclepiodoteMartyrSep 17