Socius and Theoclius

The Holy Martyrs Socius and Theoclius are martyrs of the third century, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar as Roman martyrs. They are unknown to the Synaxaristes of Saint Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain; they appear in a Paris codex (1621), with few details.

According to it, they suffered in the time of Maximian (286 to 305) and Magnentius. They were seized as Christians by the governor Vaudos (governor, by this source, of Adrianople in Macedonia) and, because they would not deny Christ, were tormented without mercy in the most dreadful ways. Their torments were so many that they cannot be counted, and one wonders how they managed to survive. At last they were beheaded and received the incorruptible crowns of martyrdom.