Seven Robbers of Corfu

The Seven Robbers of Corfu were seven robbers of the island of Corfu (Kerkyra), in the second century, brought to the faith by the apostles Jason and Sosipater and martyred. Their names were Saturninus, Iakischolus, Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius and Mammius. The Orthodox Church commemorates them on 27 April by the old calendar, but the Greek menologia give other days, 28 or 29 April, and the Roman Martyrology commemorates them on 20 April.

According to the Greek menologia, the holy Apostles Jason and Sosipater, of the Seventy, came to the island of Kerkyra to preach the Gospel of Christ. Through their preaching many turned to the Lord, but the apostles themselves were thrown into prison, where the seven robbers were being held. The holy apostles succeeded in converting the robbers, who were then led outside the city and martyred, being cast into cauldrons filled with boiling oil and pitch.