Silas of Gothia

Holy Martyr Silas of Gothia was a Gothic Christian layman, burned in a church around the year 375, in the time of King Ungerich, with many other faithful.

His name stands in the list of the twenty-⁠one known Goths among the three hundred and eight who died in the flames when the king ordered the church set on fire during the service. Among them are the priests Vafusius and Verk, the monk Arpila, Prince Agathon and several women, including the queen and princess of the Goths. The king's widow, Alla, and her daughter Duklida gathered the remains of the martyrs and took them to Syria. Alla returned home and suffered death by stoning with her son Agathon, while Duklida kept the relics and in the time of the emperors Valentinian II and Theodosius the Great gave a part of them to a church at Cyzicus; she died in peace. Of the life of Silas no other facts are preserved.

He is commemorated on 8 April, in the new style, in the Synaxis of the Gothic martyrs.