Vafusius of Gothia

Holy Martyr Vafusius of Gothia, a presbyter, is remembered together with the presbyter Verk, the monk Arpila and the other Gothic martyrs who suffered around the year 375 under King Ungerich, a persecutor of Christians. Among them are laymen, the prince Agathon and the women 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 fire, of whom the names of twenty-⁠one are known. Alla, the king's widow, with her daughter Duklida, gathered the remains of the saints and carried them to Syria. She then returned home, where after a time she died, 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. She died in peace.

The calendar page says nothing of the life of Vafusius beyond the fact that he was a presbyter. He is commemorated on 8 April, in the new style.