Urban of Sadon

Holy Martyr Urban of Sadon, also called Urban of Ancyra, is remembered together with the presbyter Eustochius, Gaius, Probius and Lollius. All suffered for Christ in the persecution of the emperor Maximian (286-310).

Eustochius had been a pagan priest, but, seeing the unconquerable courage of the Christian martyrs and the wonders they worked, he turned to Christ. He came to the bishop of Antioch, Eudoxius, received Holy Baptism from him and was then ordained a priest. In the city of Lystra he brought his nephew Gaius and all his household onto the way of salvation, among them the boys Probius, Lollius and Urban. Eustochius was seized by the emperor's soldiers and brought to trial. Torments did not shake his faith, and he was sent to Ancyra in Galatia, to the governor Agrippinus. With him was sent also Gaius, newly baptized, with his family. All were tortured without mercy, women and infants among them, but they did not renounce Christ and were put to death by beheading.

Saint Urban is commemorated on 6 July, in the new style.