Quirinus of Rome

Holy Hieromartyr Quirinus of Rome was a bishop and one of the martyrs who suffered with the virgin Chrysia in the third century, in the time of the emperor Claudius II (268-270). The Azbyka page mentions him only in the list of those who suffered with her, where he is named "Quirinus the bishop".

Censorinus was the emperor's first dignitary. Denounced for faith in Christ, he was imprisoned and, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, raised a dead man, after which twenty soldiers, the prison guards, turned to Christ and were beheaded with him. The virgin Chrysia was brought for questioning, confessed herself a Christian with courage and, after fierce torments, was drowned in the sea. Sabinus was struck with a heavy hammer, then hung on a tree and burned with fire, and gave up his soul in his torments.

With Saint Chrysia there suffered Philiclus, Maximus, Herculinus, Venerius, Styracinus, Mina, Commodus, Hermes, Maurus, Eusebius, Rusticus, Monagrius, Amandinus, Olympius, Cyprus, Theodore, Tribunus, the presbyter Maximus, the deacon Archelaus and Quirinus the bishop. Learning of their sufferings, Hippolytus, bishop of Ostia, the harbour of Rome, came to the court despite his old age and rebuked the persecutor; after long tortures he was bound and thrown into the sea.

Saint Quirinus is commemorated on 12 February, in the new style. His name is not in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.