Parigorius of Samosata

Holy Martyr Parigorius of Samosata is commemorated on 11 February with the martyrs Romanus, James, Philotheus, Hyperichius, Abibus and Julian, who suffered in the year 297, in the persecution of Diocletian (284-305), in the city of Samosata in Syria, on the Euphrates.

They fearlessly exposed the folly of idol worship, were seized and given to various torments: their bodies were scraped with iron, they were made to wear heavy iron chains around their necks, then thrown into prison and, in the end, hanged, with their heads nailed to a cross.

Saint Parigorius is commemorated on 11 February, in the new style.