Uirko of Gothia

Holy Martyr Uirko of Gothia is numbered among the Gothic martyrs who suffered around the year 375 under King Ungerich, a persecutor of Christians. Among them are the priests Vafusius and Verk, the monk Arpila, thirteen laymen, the prince Agathon, and the martyrs Anna, Alla, Larissa, Moiko, Mamika, Uirko, Animais, Gaafa, queen of the Goths, and Duklida, princess.

The king ordered the church to be set on fire during the service, and 308 people died in the flames, of whom the names of twenty-⁠one are known. Alla, the widow of the king of the Goths, with her daughter Duklida, gathered the remains of the saints and took them to Syria. She then returned to her homeland, where after a time she died a martyr, stoned together with her son Agathon. The relics remained with Duklida, who, in the time of Valentinian II and Theodosius the Great, came to Cyzicus and gave part of them for the consecration of a church. The death of the righteous Duklida was peaceful.

Saint Uirko is not recounted separately on the calendar page. She is commemorated on 8 April, in the new style, with the others.