Olympios the Eparch

Olympios the Eparch was a high Byzantine official of the time of Emperor Heraclius (610 to 641), who died a martyr in the prison of the Persian king Chosroes II because he confessed the Christian faith. He is commemorated on 3 August as a venerated martyr; no date of canonization is known.

The sources say nothing more about him: neither his birthplace, nor the office he held, nor the circumstances in which he came into Persian hands. It is known only that he was an "eparch", that is a governor or prefect, that he fell into the hands of Chosroes II in the war between Byzantium and Persia in the time of Heraclius, and that he died in prison for the confession of Christ.