Monagrey of Rome

Holy Martyr Monagrey of Rome is counted among the twenty martyrs who suffered in the third century with Saint Hippolytus, Censorinus, Sabinus and the virgin Chrysia. The Azbyka page notes that his name is not found in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Censorinus had been the first dignitary in the reign of the emperor Claudius II (268-270). Denounced, he was thrown into prison for his faith. There he raised a dead man in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and twenty soldiers, the jailers, believed and were beheaded with him. The virgin Chrysia also confessed Christ and was drowned in the sea, and Sabinus died under torture. With Chrysia there suffered a number of men, among them Monagrey, Philiclus, Maximus, Eusebius and Bishop Cyrinus. Bishop Hippolytus of Ostia came before the judge, rebuked him and was thrown into the sea. The page says nothing particular about Monagrey. He is commemorated on 12 February, in the new style.