Philanthes and Three Companions

Philanthes and Three Companions were martyrs of Amasia, a city of Pontus in northern Asia Minor, saints of the undivided Church.

The Syriac Martyrology of 411 commemorates them on 18 August, by the Julian calendar (old style): Philanthes and three other martyrs at Amasia. The Latin Hieronymian Martyrology, of the same origin, names at Amasia several similar names and a virgin, Mariana. No account of their martyrdom survives.