Patermuthius

Saint Patermuthius, venerable martyr, suffered together with Copres and Alexander, all Christians full of devotion and zeal, tortured and then beheaded by order of Julian the Apostate (361 to 363), at the time when he was marching against the Persians. The Church commemorates them on 17 December (new style, the Greek calendar).

Copres, who was younger, was afraid for a little at first, but Patermuthius strengthened him with warm words. All three received a martyr's death singing hymns to Christ. A verse puts on the lips of Copres the words to Patermuthius: father, I was found a partaker both of your life and of your sword.