Martyr
Simplicius of Sirmium
Martyr of Sirmium, remembered as a stone carver who died for Christ.
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- Feast
- November 8old style November 21
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Simplicius of Sirmium was a stonemason at Sirmium in Pannonia. By tradition, he and his companions refused to carve a statue of the god Asclepius and were thrown into the river by order of Diocletian. Their cult flourished at Rome, in the basilica on the Caelian Hill. His commemoration falls on 8 November in the Roman Martyrology (Gregorian calendar); he is counted a saint of the undivided Church.
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