Pavle of Kaiumi

Holy Martyr Pavle of Kaiumi was born and raised in Constantinople. For rebuking the iconoclast emperor Constantine Copronymus (740-775) his nose was cut off, boiling pitch and sulphur were poured on his head, his eyes were put out, and he was dragged for a long time through the streets of the city with his feet bound, mocked and tormented. He died in torments on 7 June 766 (another source says 8 June). After a hundred and twenty-⁠two years it was found that his body, buried in the Kaiumi monastery, was preserved incorrupt. The relics were moved to the church of the Mother of God, and in 1222 were taken from Constantinople to Venice. The Church of Georgia commemorates him on 8 June (old style; 21 June new style).