Holy Martyrs
Syncrotas, Antigonus, Rutilus, Libius, Senerotas and Rogatianus
Six martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
- Feast
- February 23old style March 8
- Era
- 4th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Syncrotas, Antigonus, Rutilus, Libius, Senerotas and Rogatianus were martyrs at Sirmium in Pannonia, in the fourth century. Sirmium stood where Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia lies today. They are remembered together on 23 February in the Western calendar (new style).
No other details have been preserved. They are honoured as saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.
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Alexander the UnsleepingVenerable · Founder of the Unsleeping OnesFeb 23
GorgoniaRighteous · Sister of Gregory the TheologianFeb 23
John TheristisVenerable · Monk in CalabriaFeb 23
PolychroniusSaint · Bishop of BabylonFeb 23- John, Antiochus, Antoninus and MosesVenerable · Syrian hermitsFeb 23
- Polycarp of BryanskVenerable · Founder of the Transfiguration MonasteryFeb 23
- ZebinasVenerable · Syrian hermitFeb 23
- PolychroniusVenerable · Hermit of SyriaFeb 23
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