Phocas

Holy Martyr Phocas is commemorated in the Greek calendar on 28 October (new style), together with Terence, Maximus, Pompeius, Africanus and a further thirty-⁠six martyrs.

The synaxarion says that Africanus, Maximus and Pompeius were put to the sword by the worshippers of demons, and that Terence, beheaded as well, showed a wonder in the milk that flowed from his body. The thirty-⁠six struggled together and likewise died by the sword. The whole story of the group is referred to 10 April. About Phocas the sources consulted contain no particulars of his own.