Nemesius

Holy Hieromartyr Nemesius, a deacon, was a military tribune and was baptized by Saint Stephen, Pope of Rome (253-257), who healed his daughter, Lucilla. Nemesius was ordained a deacon and, with his daughter, was put to the sword in the time of the emperor Valerian, in the year 257. The Azbyka page notes that his name is not found in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Stephen shepherded the Church of Rome in a hard time: he strove zealously against the error of Novatus and, hiding during the persecution, baptized many pagans. Nemesius's steward, Symphronius, brought by the tribune Olympius into the temple of Mars for torture, melted the golden idol by prayer, after which the tribune, with his wife Exuperia and son Theodulus, believed and were baptized; all were burned, and their remains the holy Pope Stephen buried. At that time the twelve clergy of the pope were beheaded, and in the end Pope Stephen, seized by soldiers while teaching Christians in the catacombs, was killed. Nemesius is commemorated on 15 August, in the new style, with Saint Stephen and those who suffered with him.