Hieromartyr
Simplicius of Olbia
Bishop of Olbia
Bishop of Olbia in Sardinia, slain for Christ in the time of Diocletian.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Simplicius of Olbia was bishop of the city of Olbia in Sardinia, and suffered for Christ in the time of the Emperor Diocletian. A Western calendar says that he was buried alive, around 304.
No other details of his life and martyrdom are preserved in the sources at hand. He is commemorated on 15 May, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.
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