Suimvl of Gothia

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

Suimvl is counted among the Gothic laymen who died with the priests Vafusius and Verk and with the monk Arpila. King Ungerich, a persecutor of Christians, ordered the church set on fire during the service, and in the flames three hundred and eight people died, of whom the names of twenty-⁠one are known. The widow of a Gothic king, Alla, and her daughter Duklida gathered the remains of the martyrs and took them to Syria. Alla returned to her homeland, where she was stoned together with her son Agathon, while the relics stayed with Duklida, who gave part of them to a church at Cyzicus in the time of Valentinian II and Theodosius the Great, and died in peace.

He is commemorated on 8 April, in the new style, with the other Gothic martyrs.