Romulus of Caesarea in Palestine

Holy Martyr Romulus of Caesarea in Palestine was a subdeacon of the church of Diospolis and one of the eight martyrs who suffered at Caesarea of Palestine in the time of the emperor Diocletian (284-305): Agapius, Publius, Timolaus, Romilus, two Alexanders and two Dionysii.

At one of the pagan feasts in Caesarea, Christians who refused to sacrifice to the idols were tormented and put to death in public; the martyr Timothy was condemned to burning, and the martyrs Agapius and Thecla were given to the beasts. Among those in the crowd, the young Christians Publius, Timolaus, Alexander, another Alexander, Dionysius and the subdeacon Romilus resolved to confess their faith openly and suffer for Christ. They bound their own hands and presented themselves before the governor Urban. Seeing their youth, he tried in vain to make them give up and threw them into prison, where Agapius and his servant Dionysius already were. All were cruelly tormented and beheaded.

St Romulus is commemorated on 28 March, in the new style.