Paul of Corinth

Holy Martyr Paul of Corinth is commemorated on 23 March in the company of the martyrs around Saint Codratus, among them Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Crescens, another Dionysius, Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, Papius, Leonidas and several holy women. Paul is counted among the friends and disciples of Codratus who came to him in the wilderness.

Codratus was born, in a persecution of the third century, in the mountains, where his mother, Rufina, had fled from Corinth and died soon after the birth. The infant was fed by a cloud with sweet dew, grew up in the wilderness, received the light of faith from some Christians, learned to read and the art of healing, but loved above all the stillness of the mountain and prayer. His friends and followers, Paul among them, came to hear him. In the time of the emperor Decius (249-251), the general Jason arrived in Corinth, seized Codratus and his friends and threw them in prison. After torments, the beasts set on them did not touch them, they were tied to chariots and dragged through the city, then condemned to be beheaded. At the place of execution they asked for a little time for prayer and, one after another, bowed their heads beneath the sword. The Azbyka page says nothing else of Paul individually.

Saint Paul is commemorated on 23 March, in the new style.