Probus of Ancyra

Holy Martyr Probus of Ancyra (also called Probus of Sadon) was one of the children in the house of St Gaius, converted in Lystra by the Holy Hieromartyr Eustochius, and suffered with them in the time of the emperor Maximian (286-310).

St Eustochius had been a pagan priest, but, seeing the invincible courage of the Christian martyrs and the wonders they worked, he turned to Christ. He came to Eudoxius, bishop of Antioch, received Holy Baptism from him and was ordained priest. In the city of Lystra he brought to the way of salvation his nephew Gaius and all those of his house, among them the children Probus, Lollius and Urban. The emperor's soldiers seized Eustochius and brought him to trial; torments did not shake his faith. Then he was sent to the Galatian city of Ancyra, to the governor Agrippinus, and with him was sent also Gaius, newly converted, with his family. All of them, sparing neither women nor infants, were subjected to cruel torments, but the martyrs did not renounce Christ, and their heads were cut off.

St Probus is commemorated on 6 July, in the new style.