Valerian of Trebizond

Holy Martyr Valerian of Trebizond is remembered together with Eugenius, Candidus and Aquila. They suffered for faith in Christ in the time of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian (284-305), at the hands of the commander Lysias. Valerian, Candidus and Aquila hid during the persecution in the mountains near Trebizond, preferring life among wild beasts to life among pagans. But soon they were found and brought to Trebizond. For their courageous and unshaken confession of faith in Christ the martyrs were beaten with ox sinews, scraped with iron, their wounds sprinkled with salt and burned with fire.

After a few days Eugenius was also taken and subjected to the same torments. After the tortures the four martyrs were thrown into a white-⁠hot furnace, and when they came out unharmed they were beheaded. They received the martyr's end at the end of the third century. Saint Valerian is commemorated on 3 February, in the new style.