Martyr
Thirty Soldier Martyrs of Rome
Thirty soldiers who suffered for Christ at Rome around 304.
Life
The Thirty Soldier Martyrs of Rome were thirty soldiers who suffered for Christ on the Appian Way at Rome in the time of the emperor Diocletian, around 304.
The Roman Martyrology commemorates them on 1 January, in the same city, on the Appian Way, as martyrs crowned under Diocletian. Their names have not survived.
Commemorated the same day January 1
Basil the GreatSaint · Archbishop of Caesarea in CappadociaJan 1
SarahRighteous · The MatriarchJan 1
Fulgentius of RuspeSaint · Bishop of RuspeJan 1
TelemachusVenerable MartyrJan 1
Gregory of Nazianzus the ElderSaint · Bishop of NazianzusJan 1
Platon KulbuschHieromartyr · Bishop of RevelJan 1
Concordius of SpoletoMartyr · Martyr of SpoletoJan 1
Nikolai BezhanitskyHieromartyr · Archpriest in EstoniaJan 1
Basil of AncyraMartyr · Priest of GalatiaJan 1
Alexander TrapitsynHieromartyr · Archbishop of PugachevJan 1
Basil VitevskyHieromartyr · PriestJan 1
Athanasius VolkhovskySaint · Bishop of Mogilev and PolotskJan 1