Neon of Nicomedia

Holy Martyr Neon of Nicomedia is counted among the martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus and forty others, who were present at the sufferings of the great martyr George († 303, commemorated on 23 April) and believed in Christ. They were shut in prison. After the execution of the great martyr George, the emperor Diocletian (284-305) issued an edict that all prisoners should sacrifice to idols. The martyrs refused. They were beaten with iron rods until their entrails were laid bare, and then their heads were cut off with the sword (303). Neon is commemorated on 7 May, in the new style.