Holy Martyrs
Mygdonius and Mardonius
Martyrs put to death around 303 in the persecution of Diocletian.
- Feast
- December 23old style January 5
- Reposed
- 3034th century
- Place
- Rome
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyrs Mygdonius and Mardonius were high officials at the imperial court in Rome. When the persecution of Diocletian broke out in 303, they refused to renounce the faith: Mygdonius was burned at the stake and Mardonius was drowned in a well. They are saints of the undivided Church, remembered on 23 December in the Western calendar (new style).
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