Soniril of Gothia

Holy Martyr Soniril of Gothia was one of the Gothic Christians burned in a church around the year 375, in the time of King Ungerich.

His name stands among the twenty-⁠one known of the three hundred and eight who died in the flames of the church set alight during the service: the priests Vafusius and Verk, the monk Arpila and the laymen Aviv, Agn, Reas, Igathrax, Iskoy, Silas, Sigits, Soniril, Suimvl, Ferm, Fill, Constans, Prince Agathon, and the women Anna, Alla, Larissa, Moiko, Mamika, Uirko, Animais, Gaafa, the queen of the Goths, and Duklida, the princess. The king's widow, Alla, and her daughter Duklida gathered the saints' remains and took them to Syria; Alla returned to her homeland, where she was stoned, together with her son Agathon. Duklida kept the relics and gave a part of them, in the time of Valentinian II and Theodosius the Great, to a church at Cyzicus, and then died in peace. Of the life of Soniril no other facts are preserved.

He is commemorated on 8 April, in the new style.