Theodulus of Thessaloniki

Saint Theodulus, martyr, was a reader in Thessaloniki and died a martyr by drowning, between 303 and 305, in the time of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, together with the deacon Agathopus. He is commemorated on 4 or 5 April.

He was born in the third century in the city of Thessaloniki, then in the Roman Empire. He was a reader. He suffered while still young, in the persecution of Maximian. By command of the emperor, Faustinus, the governor of Thessaloniki, ordered that Christians be arrested and forced to renounce their faith.

Theodulus was arrested for his faith together with Agathopus, the deacon, and they were asked to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods. After they refused several times, Faustinus ordered them to be drowned in the sea. They were proclaimed martyrs, and their memory is kept on the same day.