Rhodopianus

Holy Martyr Rhodopianus the Deacon suffered for Christ together with Saint Diodorus, in the time of the emperor Diocletian (around the year 302), in the city of Aphrodisias in Caria, in south-⁠western Asia Minor.

For their faith the two endured many insults and floggings from the soldiers of the city, and in the end they were stoned and gave up their souls to God, the Giver of the crown. The verses of the Synaxarion say that the stones thrown at them were, for Rhodopianus and Diodorus, rather roses and gifts. They are commemorated on 3 May, according to the new calendar.