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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Martyrs

Rufinus and Martia

Martyrs honored at Syracuse in Sicily.

Feast
June 21old style July 4
Era
unknown
Place
Syracuse
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Holy Martyrs Rufinus and Martia suffered at Syracuse in Sicily in one of the early persecutions of Christians. The Roman Martyrology mentions them: "At Syracuse, in Sicily, the birthday of the holy martyrs Rufinus and Martia." The sources give neither the year nor the circumstances of their martyrdom.

They are commemorated on 21 June among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (saints of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day June 21