Vettius

Holy Martyr Vettius was one of the martyrs of Lyon, who suffered in the year 177, in the time of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180).

He suffered together with the holy hieromartyr Photinus the bishop, the deacon Sanctus, Epagathus, Ponticus, Biblis, Attalus, Alexander, Maturus and other martyrs, at Lyon in Gaul (today France). No other details of Vettius are preserved in the Greek source. He is a saint of the undivided Church in the West, commemorated on 2 June in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).