Martyr
Theodorus of Ostia
A martyr honored in Western calendars; few details survive.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Era
- 3rd century
- Place
- Lido di Ostia
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Theodorus of Ostia is known from the Acts of Aurea of Ostia, where he appears as a tribune in the time of the emperor Claudius II (268 to 270). The Acts are the only source and their historical value is doubted.
According to the Acts, Theodorus accepted the faith, together with fifteen other Romans, after seeing the miracles worked by the priest Maximus. The vicar Ulpius Romulus ordered that all be beheaded near the arch in front of the theatre and their bodies thrown into the sea. Eusebius took them from the water and hid them on the shore, in the fields. Theodorus was buried in a mausoleum of his own.
The source gives no feast day. Theodorus is honoured in the Western tradition as a saint of the undivided Church.