Simplicius

Saint Simplicius the Martyr is commemorated on 15 May (new style, the calendar of the Church of Greece) at the head of a group of eight martyrs: Simplicius, Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Secundus, Indaletius, Caecilius, Hesychius and Euphrasius. The English calendar adds that the last seven are the Seven Apostolic Men, martyr bishops ordained in Rome by the holy Apostles Peter and Paul and sent to preach the Gospel in Spain, in the first century, and it calls Simplicius bishop of Olbia in Sardinia, in the time of the persecutions between 284 and 305.

The sources consulted give no other details about his life.