Holy Martyrs
Sostratus, Spirus, Eraclius, Eperentius and Cecilia
Five martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
Life
Sostratus, Spirus, Eraclius, Eperentius and Cecilia were martyrs at Sirmium in Pannonia, in the fourth century, a dating the source marks with a question mark. Sirmium stood where Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia lies today. They are remembered together on 8 July in the Western calendar (new style).
Nothing else is known about them. They are honoured as saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.
Commemorated the same day July 8
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