Satorinus of Caesarea

Holy Martyr Satorinus of Caesarea was one of the two noble men who were beheaded during the torments of the Holy Martyr Codratus of Nicomedia, in the time of the persecution of the emperor Decius (249-251) and of Valerian (253-259).

Codratus was of a rich and noble family and spent his wealth on his imprisoned Christian brothers. The proconsul Perennius threw him into prison and ordered him stretched with his back on small nails and crushed with a heavy stone. Then he was taken with the other prisoners to Nicaea, where he overturned the idols in the temple and was tormented, while a luminous cloud covered the martyrs and the singing of angels was heard; many confessed themselves Christians. On the way through Apameia, Caesarea, Apollonia and the Hellespont he was tied in a sack with poisonous creeping things and thrown into a pit, but came out unharmed. When he was beaten without mercy, two noble men, Satorinus and Rufinus, were seized with pity for the martyr; it was noticed, and both were beheaded. Codratus, who then passed through fire, was also put to the sword.

St Satorinus is commemorated on 23 March, in the new style.