The Twenty-⁠three Martyrs with Adrian of Nicomedia

The Twenty-⁠three Martyrs of Nicomedia are commemorated on 26 August as companions in struggle of the holy martyr Adrian of Nicomedia. They are honoured as martyrs of the early Church; the date of their canonization is not known, and the acts of their martyrdom have not been preserved in detail.

The sources we have give only their names, without a narrative. They are: Anatolios, Anthimos, Antiochos, Hermogenes, Eutychios, Marinos, John, Plato, Theodore, Gentilios, Eleutherios, Euethios, Claudius, Euretos, Theagon, Thyrsos, Karteras, Kyriakos, Mardonios, Menodios, Synetos, Troadios and Pharetrios. They are called fellow-⁠contestants of Adrian, martyr of Nicomedia, in the time of the persecutions. The Church commemorates them with Saint Adrian on 26 August.