Holy Martyrs
Symphronius
A martyr slain for Christ around 257.
Life
Saint Symphronius was a Roman slave who brought about the conversion of the tribune Olympius, his wife Exuperia and their son Theodulus. All were burnt to death under the Emperor Valerian, around the year 257.
They are commemorated on 26 July as saints of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of their martyrdom.
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