Simplicius

Holy Martyr Simplicius of Rome was martyred in the year 303 (or 287, according to the Golden Legend), in the time of Diocletian's persecution. He is regarded as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches and is commemorated on 29 July, together with his brother and sister.

He was the brother of Saint Faustinus and Saint Beatrice (Viatrix). The two brothers were arrested in Diocletian's persecution and beheaded, and their bodies were thrown into the Tiber at Rome. Their sister Beatrice drew the remains out of the river and buried them honourably on the Via Portuensis, in the cemetery of Generosa, despite the imperial prohibition. In her turn she died a martyr. The martyrdom of Simplicius and his siblings is mentioned by Jacobus de Voragine in the Golden Legend.